1. I am not a rule maker, nor an "explainer" of speech
transformations, but I think that speakers tend to economize and
minimize the attachments. Look at the factual table for the act HYH:
ANIY E-HYEH, ATAH TI-HYEH, HU YI-HYEH, ANU NI-HYEH, ATEM TI-HY-U, HEM
YI-HY-U.
2. Consider also ABIYW, 'his father', with a consonant W, versus IMW,
'his mother', read IMO.
3. This may be of some interest. By edict of the Hebrew "Academy" the
"correct" un-punctuated spelling is now היריון HYRAYON,
'pregnancy', with a Yod after the H. I suspect that this leads some
to read now the Cere in הריון HERAION (Ruth 4:13) as Xirik.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jan 6, 2013, at 3:24 PM, Norman Cohn wrote:
Hi, Isaac!
Is there a general phonetic rule behind these transformations? Is
there evidence of a tendency in Ancient Hebrew for the personal
pronoun ANIY to be shortened to E in nouns like this? Could the
derivation of HIY from HYH be explained according to a broader rule?
Sorry if the questions sound stupid!
Best regards,
Norman Cohn
São Paulo - Brasil
De: Isaac Fried <[email protected]>
Para: cornelis den hertog <[email protected]>
Cc: "
Enviadas: Domingo, 6 de Janeiro de 2013 14:18
Assunto: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you
It occurs to me to add that the E in Ehyeh is evidently the
shortened personal
pronoun אני ANIY attached to the act HYH, which I think is a
forerunner of the
personal pronoun היא HIY. In the same way, HWH appears to me to
be the
forerunner of הוא HU. Thus I see a possible link between EHYH and
YHWH,
a link that the bible in Ex. 3:14 possibly tries to imply, albeit,
circumspectly and obliquely.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jan 4, 2013, at 9:54 AM, cornelis den hertog wrote:
the name Ehyeh
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