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From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
To: 'B-Hebrew Hebrew' <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Can't find the root and meaning in the lexicon, any help?
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 08:00:16 +0000

Hebrew verbal roots are not acronyms. Therefore the quotation mark is unnecessary and misleading.

GEORGE ATHAS

Dean of Research,

Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)

Sydney, Australia

From: Yodan <yodan AT yodanco.com>
Organization: Yodan
Reply-To: "yodan AT yodanco.com" <yodan AT yodanco.com>
Date: Monday, 2 September 2013 4:43 PM
To: 'Pere Porta' <pporta7 AT gmail.com>, 'Isaac Fried' <if AT math.bu.edu>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Can't find the root and meaning in the lexicon, any help?

Yes! A single “quotation mark” (garshayim) is used before the last letter in acronyms, and a root is an acronym, here standing for Beit-Heit-Nun.

Braryah Tashah

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