To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Jerusalem, neuter plural
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 18:50:56 +0200
Henry Churchyard wrote:
>
> So does the fact that David is spelled without yodh consistently in
> the books of Samuel and Kings mean that his name was originally "Dude"? ;-)
>
Henry, I'm sure you realize that in the dual ending the YOD is a consonant,
thus is
not an optional MATER.