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[Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>]

Uri has said it. George Athas has also used the terms in this broader sense.

Yigal Levin

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   Hello Will,

   You're right about the original meaning of the English terms "nunation"
and "mimation", but Yigal used the first in a broader, different sense.

   Let's see what he will say.

   Uri Hurwitz

   


 Hello Yigal,

On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:02:40 +0300, Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin at biu.ac.il>
wrote:
> "Nunation", using a nun for the plural instead of mem, is a well-know 
> phenomenon of Mishnaic Hebrew, apparently due to Aramaic influence. As 
> Ken mentioned below, it is also well-known in the DSS. It was fairly 
> standard in the Hebrew of the Second Temple period and later. Even in 
> the Iron Age, it appeared in Moabite and Ammonite. Not surprising to 
> find it in Daniel, considering the fairly late date of its 
> composition, and the fact that the writer was obviously bi-lingual.

I would agree that the phenomenon is due to Aramaic influence, but I
hesitate at your usage of the term "nunation" to describe it.  As I
understand it, "nunation" and "mimation" refer to the use of /n/ or /m/ in
inflexional singular case endings (already dropped in Biblical Hebrew).  If
my understanding is incorrect, feel free to correct me!

--
Will Parsons

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