From: "R. Hoberman" <rdhoberman AT ccmail.sunysb.edu>
To: Biblical Hebrew digest <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: RDHOBERMAN AT ccmail.sunysb.edu
Subject: mit'aslem
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:18:06 -0400 (EDT)
In modern Hebrew mit'aslem (mem, tav, alef, samekh, lamed, mem sofit)
means someone who converts to Islam. It's the participle of the hitpa`el
of '-s-l-m, where the alef acts like a root consonant.