>In Dan. 12:10 the word "wise ones" is spelled hay mem sin kaf lamed >yud mem, but I thought it is supposed to have another yud in it as a
In general, the vocalic YUD was only used when deemed necessary, so, yes, it's common to find it "omitted" from what we would consider normal spelling. There also seems to have been a mild aversion to using two vocalic YUDs in the same word. MASKILIM has a YUD in the plural ending -IM, making it less likely that we'd see a YUD in the middle of the word, and similarly with MASHCHITIM. -Joel Joel M. Hoffman, PhD http://www.lashon.net Have you seen my new videos exploring the Bible? http://www.ExploringTheBibleVideos.org "Longer than a Soundbite. Shorter than a Lecture." _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
