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So, George, just to clarify: are you saying that there are in fact two different verb forms, as clearly seen with 3-He etc roots, but that before the Masoretes these were distinct only in certain verbs? Clearly they were written the same in unpointed texts. Are you saying that they were also pronounced the same, until the Masoretes? If so, that conflicts with the general picture of the Masoretes as careful recorders of what they heard. I wonder why they departed so blatantly from their regular practice on this one.
Peter Kirk
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