The if'alla form is hardly rare, Petr, though it is the rarest of the comon
forms. But if we're going to go onto rare forms, the if'awwala precisely
infixes a waw.
John Leake
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'inna SâHiba Hayâtin hanî'atin lâ yudawwinuhâ: 'innamâ, yaHyâhâ.
(He who lives a comfortable life doesn't write about it - he lives it.)
Tawfiq al-Hakim, Yawmiyyât Nâ'ib fil-'Aryâf.
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From: Petr Tomasek <[email protected]>
To: Uri Hurwitz <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 21:53
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hitpael 1st pers plural bow down/worship
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:02:55AM -0700, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
> John,
>
> Yes, agreed that השתחוה is a biblical form of
> Istaf'ala, as is its forerunner in Ugaritic. I am
> familiar of the Arabic Af'ala , the equivalent of
> the Hebrerw Hif'il, but what is "if'alla" you mention?
It's the IX. stem in Arabic - a rather rare and specialized
stem (e.g. used with colours, like اِحْمَرَّ, iḥmarra...)
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> Petr, the difference between the root שחה and השתחוה is an extension by
>gemation of the last letter, which does otherwise occur in, say, the Arabic
>if'alla and if'ālla. But alhough you and I are both certain this is a
>hištaph'el, that's not how it was understood as in Biblical times.
Could you explain, please, how a gemmination of the last letter
could lead to an addition of consonantal wav?
> John Leake
Petr Tomasek
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