To: "Camille Bessette" <carmel.de.lisieux AT wanadoo.fr>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Hebrew verb and noun list based on frequency
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 07:07:02 -0400
et merci pour le 'bonjour', camaille
shalom veshana tova.
>>what i remember from mitchell are occasional "verbs" vocalized as a
>>qal/root that don't exist. this can be difficult and misleading for
>>beginning students.
> Yes : under the same *shmd* for example, Mitchel writes shamad,
explaining
> in the foreword that unpronounceable words are more difficult to learn
and
> for this reason, all verb roots have been provided with vowels.
pedagogically, i favor learning real words. it's the way all kids, both
ancient and modern, have had to do it. shamad is not a word. nishmad and
hishmid are real words.
still, anyone who has helped another enter the world of biblical hebrew is
to be congratualed.