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  • From: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
  • To: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hitpael 1st pers plural bow down/worship
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:53:36 +0200

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:02:55AM -0700, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
>    John,
>
>     Yes, agreed that השתחוה is  a biblical form of
>   Istaf'ala, as is its forerunner in Ugaritic. I am
> familiar of the Arabic Af'ala , the equivalent of
> the Hebrerw  Hif'il, but what is  "if'alla" you mention?

It's the IX. stem in Arabic - a rather rare and specialized
stem (e.g. used with colours, like اِحْمَرَّ, iḥmarra...)

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Petr, the difference between the root שחה and השתחוה is an extension by
> gemation of the last letter, which does otherwise occur in, say, the Arabic
> if'alla and if'ālla. But alhough you and I are both certain this is a
> hištaph'el, that's not how it was understood as in Biblical times.

Could you explain, please, how a gemmination of the last letter
could lead to an addition of consonantal wav?

> John Leake

Petr Tomasek





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