Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

There is no qamats qatan and qamats gadol, only an overridden qamats.  
The girl's name אָשְרַת is read O$RAT to bring it closer to O 
$ER, 'bliss', but France is being called CARPAT, and not CORPAT. Why?  
because modern France has nothing to do with COREP (the brother of  
SOREP), 'smelter'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 24, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Charles Grebe wrote:

> Doesn't the following word pair indicate that distinguishing   
> qamats gadol and qamats qaton makes a difference?
>
> 1. The noun "choch-ma" חכמה = fem singular noun as in 1 Kings  
> 5:9 (4:29 in English)
>
> 2. The verb "cha-chi-ma" חכמה = qatal 3rd fem singular verb as  
> in Zech 9:2.
>
> Charles Grebe
> Briercrest College and Seminary
> Sask, Canada
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew- 
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Isaac Fried
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:18 AM
> To: Pere Porta
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org list
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Qamats gadol <> qamats qaton
>
> I don't believe, not even for a moment, that there are "two  
> different" kinds of qamats.
>
>
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