Thanks, Randall. But my original question on this thread was: in the unpointed Israeli script is a yud to be inserted between M and T?
I see that yes. Friendly, Pere Porta 2011/4/19 Randall Buth <[email protected]> > Karl egrapse > >However, to maintain that reading, I would have to assume that here we are > > dealing with a copyist error, as the form of the word does not fit that > meaning.> > > Excuse me, but there is no copyist error here. > > As explained previously, > short vowels are not normally written with helping consonants in the 1st > Temple. > > Joining hemiyt 'he put to death' with the subject suffix -tem closed the > unaccented, > penultimate syllable, resulting in a short vowel. > > The correct and expected orthography was none other than > המתם hmtm > hamittem, with accent on final syllable. > > Pere should have commented on the fact that this answered his original > question. Perhaps it was missed in the list of responses. > > braxot > Randall Buth > > -- > Randall Buth, PhD > www.biblicallanguagecenter.com > Biblical Language Center > Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life > _______________________________________________ > 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
