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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] on "prefixes" and "suffixes"
  • Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 21:10:26 -0400

Take for example Gen. 7:23. In the first וימח WA-YI-MAX = BA-HI- MAX, the prefixed personal pronoun היא HI, refers to the perpetrator of the act MAX, 'wipe out', while in the second וימחו WA-YI-MAX-U = BA-HI-MAX-HU, both the prefixed personal pronoun היא HI, and the suffixed personal pronoun הוא HU refer to the target of the act MAX, namely the YQUM.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 5, 2012, at 1:54 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

Verbs lamed-heh (nowadays lamed-yod) clearly tend to take the suffix -NW.
Look for instance at http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d2421.html
Now, sometimes suffix -HW is also found:
http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d1038.html

but remark: this is suffix -HW, not suffix -W (so that the preceding H
would be part to the root)

Friendly,

Pere Porta







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