In other words, the question is not what is the root, but rather what
are the radical letters.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jun 23, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Sasson Margaliot wrote:
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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