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Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 110, Issue 15

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 110, Issue 15
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:11:53 -0500

1. I suspect that -UN is a curtailed HUN, a variant of HEN הן 'they'.

2. What do you say of the -U of WAYI$TAXU וישתחו = WA-YI-$TAX-U?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 21, 2012, at 10:15 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

the -UN ending is grammatical. as far as i know it was the regular
proto NW semitic second millenium third person plural. it was preserved
in aramaic but in BH was replaced by -U and was used only as a poetic
synonym for it. the difference between the two is significant because
one is possibly MILEL, the other, always MILRA.

Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 110, Issue 15, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 02/21/2012
- Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 110, Issue 15, Isaac Fried, 02/25/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 110, Issue 15, Pere Porta, 02/28/2012
    - Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 110, Issue 15, Isaac Fried, 02/28/2012