I notice that XERPAH חֶרְפָּה is with a dagesh in the P, and that XEMDAH חֶמְדָּה is with a dagesh in the D, implying a possibly original xiriq under the X. I fancy that the segol = .. +. is a notational compromise between a tsere and a xiriq.
Isaac Fried, Boston University On May 27, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Pere Porta wrote: > B-hebrew listers, > > I remark that pattern consisting of three root letters + H so that > the first > root letter has sere, the second has shewa and the third has qamats > is that > of the Pi'el Past, third person singular feminine, of some verbs, > as in > > Lm 1:17 ------- P"R&FH, she spread out > Ex 23:28 ----- WG"R$FH, (and) she drove out > > while the same thing with only the difference of segol in the place of > sere... these are feminine nouns having consonant het for their > first root > consonant, as in > > Gn 34:14 -------- XERPFH, reproach > Hos 13:15 ------ XEMDFH, desire > > My question is: are there in biblical Hebrew any NOUNS fitting the > pattern > of the Piel form shown in the first part of this post (namely sere > in the > first root consonant)? > > I think there is none....... but maybe I'm missing some. > > Pere Porta > (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) > > > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
