I think it is of paramount importance to understand how the Hebrew
language construct its words out of roots and identifiers. It is, in
my opinion, of the greatest importance in the study of biblical
Hebrew to understand what the constituent parts of a Hebrew word mean.
People who share my point of view tell me that as a result of this
analysis their understanding of the Hebrew bible deepened
considerably. I did not ask them "how", but I know what they mean.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 17, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Pere Porta wrote:
So, Isaac, in "shemesh" שֶׁמֶשׁ (sun).... where do we have
the personal pronoun?
Let me put a rather personal question, please: is yours a
"mathematical" mind?
What is your purpose at so often insisting on this structure of the
Hebrew language? What is your aim, your goal?
Let us suppose you're right in your viewing of the Hebrew
structure: then, Isaac, ..... in which respect, in which sense does
this viewing of yours help us in our deeping of the Hebrew text of
the Bible so that we are able to better understand it?
I think a clear answer is important for this list.
Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
2010/11/17 Isaac Fried <[email protected]>
As I see it the essence of Hebrew grammar is expressed in this one
single sentence:
A Hebrew word (sans prepositions) consists of a root + personal
pronouns.
Inside the root, the (universal) personal pronouns (or identity
markers) are the sounds I and U (also E and O) for ( היא ) and
for ( הוא ), irrespective of gender and number. For instance,
XALUL = XAL-(הוא)-L, is 'he or it having the property of the root
XLL', whereas XALIYL = AXL-(היא)-L is 'it which has the property
of the root XLL. The pronouns הוא, היא are used alternatively
for versatility.
A consonant pronoun can not be inserted between the radical letters
so as not to spoil the root, but it may be attached fore or aft.
The attached consonantal personal pronouns need not be conforming
to the separate ones. For instance: TALMIYD = ATAH-LM-IY-D,
'student', NIYDBAK = NIY-DBAK 'a row of stones in a
wall' (essentially a NIYDBAQ or a NIYDPAQ, 'a glued row of stones').
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 17, 2010, at 7:13 AM, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
From: "Isaac Fried" <[email protected]>
The endings AN, ON, UN, are, in my humble opinion, ( לעניות
דעתי ) personal pronouns, as in ANIY ( אני, אנו ),
referring to the thing described. To wit: XAL-ON, 'a thing that is
XALUL, or KALUL in a wall', AD-ON, 'he who is AD, or AZ', AT-ON,
'she who is AT or AD or AZ' like the goddess Athena. In spoken
Hebrew we have PARDES- AN, 'he who tends orchards'.
Isaac Fried
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How do you explain: Xalul + aniY => Xal-on ?
Arnaud Fournet
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