...... How can we then explain interjection הֶאָח, aha, in Ps 35:21? Compare with לֵבָב, heart (Dt 28:28) or with פֵּאָה, side (Jr 9:25)
Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) 2011/4/8 George Athas <[email protected]> > Pere, I've started a new thread for your question. The basic question is, > as you stated, why אֶחָד 9 ('one') has seghol and not sere in the first > syllable since, as the first syllable is open, one would expect a long > vowel, like sere. > > I notice another example of this phenomenon in the word כֶּחָשׁ ('lying'). > > In these instances, we have to conclude that the first syllable of the word > is actually closed, not open. In both אֶחָד and כֶּחָשׁ, the second > consonant is heth, which often undergoes virtual doubling. We see this > occurring when the definite article is added to a noun beginning with heth. > Thus, for both these nouns, we actually have a double-heth, but it is not > actually marked. > > > GEORGE ATHAS > Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) > www.moore.edu.au > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
