To: "'VC'" <vadim_lv AT center-tv.net>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc:
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Shva merahephet
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:46:05 -0400
Vadim,
Have you read W. R. Garr, "The Seghol and Segholation in Hebrew," Journal of
Near Eastern Studies 48 (1989) 109-116?
On the history of Hebrew stress, see J. Blau, _In Memoriam P. Kahle_, 1968,
33-34 or _A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew_, 30-34.
Segolate nouns form their plural from a different base, with a long A
between the second and third radicals. Because the third radical of plural
segolates was originally preceded by a vowel, it has no dagesh.
I hope I have understood your question correctly.
Ken Penner
McMaster/Hebrew
> Does anybody know of decent theoretical study on shva
> merahephet, whether a book, Internet publication, or perhaps
> a synopsis?
> I mean, lexicological explanation beyond the mere fact that
> the concept of shva merahephet explains known anomaly?
>
> Perhaps you would also know when the use of dagesh in
> segollate (is this the correct word in English?) was first
> documented? That is, do we have extra-Masoretic spelling with
> dagesh in lamed?
>
> By the way, speaking on the earliest documented usage, do you
> happen to know when suffix hem (haf-mem) first became stressed?