On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 02:47:08AM +0300, Yigal Levin wrote:
> Um, Uri...
>
> What about Ex. 1:10?
If this would come from ה-ב-ה, wouldn't the imperative be הֲבֶה rather then
הָבָה?
> Yigal Levin
>
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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Uri Hurwitz
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 2:41 AM
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> Subject: [b-hebrew] Hava Nagila
>
> Karl,
>
> Perhaps singing at least the first line of this song (which became a
> favorite of singer Harry Belafonte among others) will clear up some of the
> confusion.
>
> And, sorry, there is no HBH root in biblical Hebrew.
>
> The first word of the song is simply an 'extended'
> Imperative of YHB.
>
> Uri Hurwitz
>
>
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