Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>]

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-----
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> [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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