Vadim:
In a quick scan of the 62 verses where KMW or BMW are found, I did not notice
once where they were used in other than the construct state. ...
... And as Peter Kirk mentioned, the construct state shortens the vowel under
the prefix to a shewa.
Of the 57 verses where LMW is found, the vast majority have the LMW in the
ordinate state (did I name it right?), ...
... hence the vowel under the prefix L- will be lengthened. This is aAgreed.
grammatical feature, apart from meaning.
Within Biblical Hebrew itself, there is no clue that the -MW suffix existed
as other than a unit which, from its use, can be for a singular even though
it is more often used for a plural. A speculated etymology may be
interesting, but how it is actually used in the text in more important than a
speculated etymology.
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