Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Initial Consonant Clusters in Biblical Hebrew
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:05:14 -0700
Jim:
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:38 PM, <jimstinehart AT aol.com> wrote:
>
> Is an initial consonant cluster in Biblical Hebrew possible?
>
> We don’t know. The vowels were not preserved. The modern vowel system was
developed about 1000 years after Biblical Hebrew ceased to be a native
language, i.e. the first language a child learns in his parents’ house.
>
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois
>
> Karl W. Randolph.