On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 12:12:53PM -0600, fred burlingame wrote:
> > Hello all;
> >
> >
> > Does location drive pronunciation? For the verb קרב , the answer appears,
> > sometimes, yes ... and sometimes, no.
> >
> > Numbers 31:48
> >
> > ויקרבו אל משה הפקדים אשר לאלפי הצבא שרי האלפים ושרי המאות
> >
> > Numbers 31:50
> >
> > ונקרב את קרבן יהוה איש אשר מצא כלי זהב אצעדה וצמיד טבעת עגיל וכומז לכפר
> על
> > נפשתינו לפני יהוה
> >
> > The first appearance of the verb (numbers 31:48) manifests in qal form,
> > imperfect tense, third person, plural. The pronunciation markings reflect
> > the normal manner for this conjugation: "va-yik-re-vu."
> >
> > The second appearance of the verb (numbers 31:50) in the same relative
> > location, manifests in hiphil form, imperfect tense, first person,
> plural.
> > The normal pronunciation here would appear to be: "va-nak-riv." The
> nikkud
> > however, here instruct a pronunciation of "va-nak-rev."
>
> What do you mean by "normal" pronunciation? The imperfect consecutive
> ("narrative") is "normally" based on apocopate forms...
>
> --
> Petr Tomasek <http://www.etf.cuni.cz/~tomasek>
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