It is possibly a mere formality, but present day grammarians [see:] יצחק אבינרי: היכל המשקלים
consider $IXVAH [no dagesh], LI$KAH [dagesh], and NI$KAH [dagesh] as belonging to the same MI$QAL. Also HEMIAH, XEBRAH, etc., punctuated with a segol. Isaac Fried, Boston University On May 25, 2011, at 12:28 AM, Pere Porta wrote: > Might we then say that, concerning the pointing pattern, noun LI > $KAH, chamber (Neh13:5) (*) belongs to a different mishqal from > that of noun $IKBAH, layer (**)? > > Or should we rather say that they belong exactly to the same > pointing pattern, only that for an unknown reason the B of $IKBAH > lacks dagesh? > > > (*) Dagesh in the K > (**) NO dagesh in the B > > Regards > > Pere Porta > > 2011/5/25 Isaac Fried <[email protected]> > I am not sure how the present day $IKBAH, [$IXVAH] שכבה 'layer, > stratum', came to be. In the bible (Ex. 16:13) it is found only in > SMIYKUT as: $IKB-AT HA-TAL שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל 'lying > dew', implying that the single is possibly $KABAH. > I don't think that the Imperative form $IKBAH of Gn 39:7 "became" > the noun for the 'layer' of today. > The imperative $IKBAH, as well as the corresponding noun, lacks a > dagesh in the B, and I, therefore, suspect it to be a latter form > preferred by the NAQDANIYM. > All other nouns of the same MI$QAL have a dagesh, as expected, to > wit: XEMDAH, XERPAH, KISBAH, LI$KAH, NIQPAH, NI$KAH, EMDAH, > [PITDAH], PISGAH, PIRDAH, PI$TAH, RIKBAH, RICPAH. > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > On May 24, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Pere Porta wrote: > >> We have in Gn 39:7 an Imperative form, $IKBAH, lie down (you, >> male)! (an alternative to $:KAB found in 2Sa 13:5) >> In today Hebrew we find the common noun $IKBAH, layer, social >> stratum. >> >> Apparently, an old Imperative form has become a feminine common >> noun today. >> >> I'm looking for other analogous cases: do you know of some others? >> >> Regards >> >> -- >> Pere Porta >> >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > -- > Pere Porta > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
