Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] nun hay hay verb "to wail"
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:07:18 -0500
Dear Kenneth,
Is the verb spelled nun hay hay "to wail" a geminate verb?
Yes. A verb with the last two letters the same is
by definition geminate. "Geminate" comes from the
same root as Latin geminus, or "twin" (think of
the constellation Gemini).
Could it be
conjugated using just nun and hay?
HH: No, Hebrew verbs are at least triliteral.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
Re: [b-hebrew] nun hay hay verb "to wail",
Harold Holmyard, 10/05/2006