> > >>>> >>> [Pere] >> >> No, I mean English: are there in the English language any nouns having a >> plural that ends in L (on in K or in M or in P or in T....)? >> >
> [Karl] > What does that have to do with Hebrew? > >> > [Pere] >> So, Hebrew lacks the pattern "hofal of verbs ayin-waw + second person >> singular pronoun": this pattern is not found within the 9,000 pattern >> collection I've gathered. >> > > [Karl] > There is a difference between Biblical Hebrew and English in the extent > of surviving literature. The number of words published each year in English > by native English speaking people far outstrips the total number of words > found in the total Tanakh. There are many words in Tanakh that are used only > once, which you know, likewise how many grammatical structures are found > only once in Tanakh? Can you rule out (other than saying that there are no > other examples of hophal ayin-waw verbs + second person singular pronoun) > that this is not a one-time example of that particular form? Your argument > falls flat until you can flesh it out more. > >> >> > [Pere] Karl, my collection of 9,000 patterns goes much beyond biblical Hebrew. It takes into account the most complete and full lists of nouns, verbs and others. So, since the pattern "hophal ayin-waw verbs + second person singular pronoun" does not appear within this huge collection, is it not rational to state that such a pattern does not exist in the Hebrew tongue? > Hearty, >> > >> Pere Porta >> >>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
