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  • 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.





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