To: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] -HM vs -MW suffix
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:04:33 -0500
In the word *$EL-O שלו (as in $EL-IY שלי of Songs 1:6, or $EL-
ANU שלנו of 2Ki 6:11),
is the O a mere "vowel suffix", or is it the contracted personal
pronoun HU, 'he'? I don't think that Hebrew is made up of "vowel
suffixes".
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:
an added -W in mostly pausal poetic situations, representing
an archaic vowel suffix.