Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Karl,

 

in my study of the Hebrew patterns I found none which ends in -WN and is built up on a ע"ע root.
Take a look here:

 

http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d1157.html
http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d1158.html

http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d1159.html

http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d1160p.html

And my research covers (remember it, please) till 9,000 (I say: nine thousand) patterns.

 

Kind regards from

 

Pere Porta

(Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)

 

 

 

 

2012/10/28 George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>

A few possible suggestions:

(1) It actually adds a subjunctive element to the verb. However, I'm not convinced by this, because it seems limited to otherwise vocalic subject suffixes on prefix conjugations.

(2) It's just a throwback to an older form.

I believe this second option is the more likely. It does appear rather randomly, seemingly a lot like the optional nu Greek. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It could be, at least occasionally, a deliberate archaism to give speech a bit of an 'olden day' feel — somewhat akin to me using some ye olde style forms that perchance getteth mine message across. However, I'm not sure if that adequately explains all the occurrences. A random archaic leftover seems more plausible methinks.

GEORGE ATHAS

Dean of Research,

Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)

Sydney, Australia

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