Pere, Nouns with the pattern seghol-seghol are segholates. They seem to have derived from an original one-syllable form in which there was a consonant cluster at the end. For example, מֶלֶךְ was originally 'malk'. Most two-syllable nouns with an early accent are of this type, such as , קֹ֫דֶשׁ ,סֵ֫פֶר, נַ֫עַר, etc.
Noun of the form tsere-tsere are not segholates. In other words, they were not derived from an original one-syllable form with a consonant cluster. GEORGE ATHAS Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) www.moore.edu.au From: Pere Porta <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:05:21 +0200 To: Randall Buth <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: B-Hebrew <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tevel vs Evel Dear b-hebrew listees, I'm doing a comparison between several noun types in order to make some systematization of their patterns. I find nouns consisting of three root letters with tsere in the first and tsere in the second. And so, TBL, world (Ps 19:5) or TB+, Tebeth (a month of the year) (Est 2:16) And I find nouns consisting of three root letters with tsere in the first but with segol in the second: )BL, mourning (2Sa 14:2) SFR, book (2Sa 1:18) $B+, tribe (Gn 49:10) Can anyone provide a good reason of this different pattern? I mean: not *"the Hebrew language is like this*", but, so to say, an "internal" reason. --Have nouns tsere-tsere a feature common to all them? --Have nouns tsere-segol a feature common to all them, a common denominator? --Could we, given this and this and this root consonants, know in advance which pattern (tsere-tsere or tsere-segol) the resulting noun would fit if both vowel sounds are to be 'e'? Friendly, Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
