From: Karyn Traphagen <karyn AT birchbarkstudio.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Why dagesh in nun of this form
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:56:22 -0400
Dear List,
In Gen 42:33 (and six other places) we find the hiphil m pl imperative
of the root nun-waw-chet (hannichu). For other middle weak verbs, the
form usually has a long vowel under the preformative. However, in this
form we find the preformative heh with a patah followed by a nun with
a dagesh. Why the vowel reduction and dagesh? So, why hannichu?
Thank you,
Karyn Traphagen
Doctoral Student
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
[b-hebrew] Why dagesh in nun of this form,
Karyn Traphagen, 06/26/2009