On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:02 PM, K Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > Ted: > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Karl: >> The C-V theory is intriguing, but also appears to have some glaring >> difficulties. Since there are only 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, there >> would only be one possible vowel following each consonant. Do you find such >> a theory workable? >> > > What do you mean by “one possible vowel following each consonant”?
If I may speak for him, he means that if it truly was syllabic and not alphabetic, then each symbol would represent only one CV combination. Example: the symbol BA in Akkadian only represents BA, it doesn't occasionally represent BE or BU. In a true syllabary, each represented consonantal sound is followed by only one possible vowel; a different vowel would require another symbol. I hope that clears it up. -- Dave Washburn Check out my Internet show: http://www.irvingsplace.us Now available: a novel about King Josiah! _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
