> Greetings
>
> 1. I am looking for some bibliography on the 3 letter reconstructions being
> artifical in BH roots. If the first two radicals are the same and the third
> is different but are connected words isn't the 3 letter root concept
> forced?
Some roots come from original 2 letter roots.
> 2. What term do you use for the vav reversive? Just, a simple vav or
> anything else?
You will find many terms. The more common are "waw-consecutive" and
"waw-conversive".
> 3. I am a little unhappy with HINN"H being referred to as a "predicator of
> existence." Kittle, 44. I thought the predicator of existence was Y"$ and
> the predicator of non-existence )"YN? Any suggestions for clarifying Kittle
> here?
Yes, you're correct about the particle _ye_. The word _hinneh_ is one for
which I can
find no single English word which captures the sense. It is designed to
attract the
reader/listener's attention to what is about to be said. Some colloquial
English
equivalents which convey the sense somewhat are:
> 4. Is the first person pronoun )FNOKIY related to the Akkadian first
> person pronoun? "anaku"?
Yes - attributable to common semitic features.
> Do you have in bibliography on it?
Not at hand.
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GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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