On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, fred burlingame <[email protected]> wrote: > I recognize that I am identifying changes in form rather than substance
actually, you are discussing differences in the writing system, where I was talking about what we learned about the 'language,' as per original comment. I should have added some background information that Aramaic vocalizes Jerusalem as Yerushalem (which fits the consonantal text), while this shekel appears to support Yerushalayim and the MT pronunciation of the city name at the end of the Second Temple. > > a. ha-ko-de-sha? The added "heh" letter at the end of the word does not > appear in the m.t.? for fun: howls of disagreement, she ain't no qdesha. Well, maybe the prophets think so some of the time (See Is 1.21-27, Jer 3.2), but that is certainly not what the shekel inscription is trying to say. braxot Randall BUth -- Randall Buth, PhD www.biblicalulpan.org [email protected] Biblical Language Center Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
