To: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: hu=hi?
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:56:48 -0500
Dear Liz,
The yahu that is added to proper names is not part of the independent
pronoun HU), but a shortened form of the divine name YHWH, in which there is
no radical Alef.
Shalom,
Charles