John Leake wrote:"I agree that they are possible, and indeed the biliteral root
is supposed to be the origin of the triliteral root, but that's in the deeply
obscure pre-history of the Semitic languages."
I do not agree with this statement. There seems to be a systematic way to
identify the "biliteral" Root in many traditional 3-Roots, while working with
Biblical Hebrew alone.For example, for all "irregular" verbs, the Root is
known. In the case of Lamed"Hey, the third consonant is not part of Root - it
is a derivational suffix.Similarly, there are many nouns that only have two
root consonants.
Sasson Margaliot
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