On 2013-07-15 16:25, Will Parsons wrote: > Minor quibble: > when used in diphthongs, > they were essentially being used for their consonantal value, > rather than as matres lectionis. > (But I think monophthongization of diphthongs > could contribute to the use of waw and yodh as matres lectionis.)
It may be a minor quibble, but your quibble is an important quibble. This is more-or-less what my mind was thinking when I wrote, but I totally failed to express it when I wrote. Many thanks for pointing out and clarifying this. -- Ratson Naharädama _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
