Jim, what do you exactly mean by "initial consonant cluster"? In Gn 18:2 we have $L$H, three. Is the group $L$ a cluster as you understand it?
In Ps 115:8 we find KMWHM, like them. Is the group KM a cluster for you? Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) On 11 June 2010 05:05, K Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim: > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Is an initial consonant cluster in Biblical Hebrew possible? > > > > We don’t know. The vowels were not preserved. The modern vowel system was > developed about 1000 years after Biblical Hebrew ceased to be a native > language, i.e. the first language a child learns in his parents’ house. > > > > > Jim Stinehart > > Evanston, Illinois > > > > Karl W. Randolph. > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > -- Pere Porta "Ei nekrói ouk eguéirontai, fágomen kai píomen áurion gar apothnéskomen" (1Cor 15:32) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
