John, Yes, this root was discussed recently, and I remember you suggested that the last consonant, by doubling, could or would change into another.
Sorry, I am not convinced. Incidentally, the root Het Waw He is nicely attested in the HB. The last consonant in L"H/L"Y Hebrew roots serves only as a vowel ,though exception will occur such as in the Qal passive participle. There is a reason why the final Ya in such verbs in Arabic is known as Ya Maqs(.)urah. Best, Uri Hurwitz Gabalun bigabalin la yaltakeh, wabnu adam bibni adam yaltakeh (A saying: mountain does not meet a mountain, a human meets another human. I could never fathom this, but it sounds good) .... שחה in our recent discussion is a good case in point, where we can see where the one root transforms into - or is read as - another and a new root comes ino existence. ... John Leake ________________________________ '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. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
