Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re: Elohiym has a Hireq Yod in the M.T.
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:43:32 -0500
Thanx for the high resolution picture, where is the word elohim in it? The
first three words I see in it say KH )MRW )LHM which, translated, say Thus
they said unto them. I dont see elohim at all in the whole scrap.
Is this papyrus written in a form of Aramaic or exilic or early post-exilic
Hebrew? The word MLK) which is an Aramic definite article suffix on the
word MLK meaning the king is suspicious. This is the second to the last
line of the second line.
All in all, this is a strange papyrus. I dont question its antiquity, though
I do wonder as to its exact age.
I notice that the next to last word on the top line does have the yod mem for
the plural.
On a similar note, does a lamed-he changed to a yod count in this question?
In a book in the library, as well as on line, I found a picture of a stone
written in Sinaitic font where a lamed-he verb was changed in a second person
sing. where the yod was used in the place of the Hein particular, the word
BKH meaning to weep was changed to a BKYT as in you weep. As far as I can
tell, this is an example of yod being used as a vowel prior to 700 BC.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>