To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>, "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Why a different vowel spelling?
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:33:09 +0100
In Ps 144:14 we find YWC)T (female who goes out) . It has tsere under tsade.
In Song 8:10 we find MWC)T (preceded by K) (female who finds). It has tsere
under aleph.
Both are Qal Participle, feminine singular, of verbs lamed"aleph, namely
they belong to the same pattern.
Why in the first the tsere is under the second root consonant while in the
second the tsere is under the third root consonant, the second one having
sheva? What is the reason for this difference?