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  • From: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
  • To: Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hava Nagila
  • Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 01:57:42 +0200

On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 02:47:08AM +0300, Yigal Levin wrote:
> Um, Uri...
>
> What about Ex. 1:10?

If this would come from ה-ב-ה, wouldn't the imperative be הֲבֶה rather then
הָבָה?

> Yigal Levin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Uri Hurwitz
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 2:41 AM
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Hava Nagila
>
>   Karl,
>
>   Perhaps singing at least the first line of this song (which became a
> favorite of singer Harry Belafonte among others) will clear up some of the
> confusion.
>
>   And, sorry, there is no HBH root in biblical Hebrew.
>
>   The first word of the song is simply an 'extended'
> Imperative of YHB.
>
>   Uri Hurwitz
>
>
>
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