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Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 126, Issue 41

From: Sasson Margaliot <sasson AT live.com>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 126, Issue 41
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:30:11 +0300

John Leake wrote:

"I agree that they are possible, and indeed the biliteral root is supposed to be the origin of the triliteral root, but that's in the deeply obscure pre-history of the Semitic languages."

I do not agree with this statement. There seems to be a systematic way to identify the "biliteral" Root in many traditional 3-Roots, while working with Biblical Hebrew alone.

For example, for all "irregular" verbs, the Root is known. In the case of Lamed"Hey, the third consonant is not part of Root - it is a derivational suffix.

Similarly, there are many nouns that only have two root consonants.

Sasson Margaliot

Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 126, Issue 41, Sasson Margaliot, 06/23/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 126, Issue 41, Isaac Fried, 06/23/2013
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- Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 126, Issue 41, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 06/25/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 126, Issue 41, Isaac Fried, 06/25/2013