On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:02:55AM -0700, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
> John,
>
> Yes, agreed that השתחוה is a biblical form of
> Istaf'ala, as is its forerunner in Ugaritic. I am
> familiar of the Arabic Af'ala , the equivalent of
> the Hebrerw Hif'il, but what is "if'alla" you mention?
It's the IX. stem in Arabic - a rather rare and specialized
stem (e.g. used with colours, like اِحْمَرَّ, iḥmarra...)
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> Petr, the difference between the root שחה and השתחוה is an extension by
> gemation of the last letter, which does otherwise occur in, say, the Arabic
> if'alla and if'ālla. But alhough you and I are both certain this is a
> hištaph'el, that's not how it was understood as in Biblical times.
Could you explain, please, how a gemmination of the last letter
could lead to an addition of consonantal wav?