Uri has said it. George Athas has also used the terms in this broader sense.
Yigal Levin
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Hello Will,
You're right about the original meaning of the English terms "nunation"
and "mimation", but Yigal used the first in a broader, different sense.
Let's see what he will say.
Uri Hurwitz
Hello Yigal,
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:02:40 +0300, Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin at biu.ac.il>
wrote:
> "Nunation", using a nun for the plural instead of mem, is a well-know
> phenomenon of Mishnaic Hebrew, apparently due to Aramaic influence. As
> Ken mentioned below, it is also well-known in the DSS. It was fairly
> standard in the Hebrew of the Second Temple period and later. Even in
> the Iron Age, it appeared in Moabite and Ammonite. Not surprising to
> find it in Daniel, considering the fairly late date of its
> composition, and the fact that the writer was obviously bi-lingual.
I would agree that the phenomenon is due to Aramaic influence, but I
hesitate at your usage of the term "nunation" to describe it. As I
understand it, "nunation" and "mimation" refer to the use of /n/ or /m/ in
inflexional singular case endings (already dropped in Biblical Hebrew). If
my understanding is incorrect, feel free to correct me!