> Second question coming from the Ruth drafters:
>
> Ruth 1:8, the last word. We showed them in the lexicon where
> this word, (IMMFDIY, alternates with (IMMIY and has the same
> meaning. But they asked if anyone can explain where the daleth
> comes from.
Both Gesenius and BDB suggest that it stems from an original
(NDY, by analogy with Arabic `inda "beside". I'm not so sure, I
wonder if it's not a dialectical variation or some sort of "energic"
form, but that's all I could find in the materials I have handy.
Anybody else?