Dear b-hebrew listers, I would like to propose a debate on nouns in -WT in the Bible. And so, DMWT, image (Is 40:18) and similar. I think there are three kinds of such nouns:
1. Those that derive from bases lamed-heh (or lamed-yod if you prefer): DMWT, image; GLWT, exile (Is 20:4)... These substitute the heh of the base by -WT 2. Those that are produced by inserting a W between the last two root consonants, the last of which is T. And so, SHERWT, service, built on the basic SHERET, to serve (Dt 18:7) 3. Those that simply add -WT to the three consonants of the base: SKLWT, stupidity (Ec 10:13), of the basic SEKEL, stupidity (Ec 10:6); MLKWT, royalty (1Ch 29:25), of the basic MELEK, king. Now, nouns in 1. are distributed in two types: --those that take shewa in their first root consonant: D:MWT --those that take qamats in their first root consonant: GFLWT Am I right? Are there some other kinds of nouns in -WT? Friendly, -- Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
