From: Karyn Traphagen <karyn AT birchbarkstudio.com>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Why dagesh in nun of this form
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:53:01 -0400
On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Randall Buth wrote:
Hebrew developed two Hif`il verbs using the root n.v.H.
Yes, but can we say how they developed? We see the A and B entries (in
BDB) for n.w.H. but we want to know why one has the different
pointing. Does this point (no pun intended) to a divergence from a
single root or is it possibly a merger of two roots that did not
extend to the hiphil? Or is the dagesh simply to distinguish between
the two meanings of the root. If so, do we have another example?
In other words, how do we account for the short vowel and dagesh? All
other similar verbs (hiphil, imperative, mp of middle weak verbs) have
the long vowel and no dagesh.
Karyn
Karyn Traphagen
Doctoral Student
Stellenbosch University