To: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Prefix or root consonant?
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:17:38 +0100
I am considering the word NFG.IYD (Jer 36:16) and I'm trying to discern
whether the nun is the first root consonant (stem NGD) or it is a prefix
that means 1st person plural (and then has nothing to do with the nun first
root consonant).
I rather think it is a prefix and has nothing to do with the N of the stem
NGD.
My thought is so because I remark that in the word WN$YM (Nm 21:30), which
is a parallel to NFG.IYD both as regards pattern and verbal features, the N
clearly is prefix, not root consonant (it comes from $MM).
This is not a trivial question: depending on which the right answer is, this
word will be placed here or there in the Hebrew Schemary I'm working to
build up (www.oham.net)