Petr: On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Petr Tomasek <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > > > > So the evidence is that because the Ugaritic grammar has this pattern, > > therefore it must be found in Biblical Hebrew as well? Why should I buy > > that argument? > > The argument is: > a) semitic languages build causative stems either using the ha-/ʾa- > prefix > or using a ša- prefix. (or variants thereof...) > b) the infix -it- makes a reflexive stem variant in semitic languages > > So a stem having a š- prefix and -it- infix is a regular causative > reflexive stem from the point of view of a comparative semitic grammar. > That argument falls flat because—just because a pattern is found in some languages, does not mean that that pattern will be found in each language of that language family. Just because that pattern is found in several Semitic languages doesn’t mean that it ever was found in Hebrew. > > The only problem is that for Hebrew š- prefix is not the primary > way of how causative stems are build. This poses however no problem > since one finds such rare stems in many other semitic languages. > See e.g. שׁזיב in Aramaic and so on. > See above. > > > Petr Tomasek > > Karl W. Randolph.
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