Ver. 9.0

July 13, 2009

Words Significantly Different in Pronunciation in Pre-Exilic Hebrew[1]

By David Steinberg

David.Steinberg@houseofdavid.ca

Home page http://www.houseofdavid.ca/

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See also http://www.houseofdavid.ca/problem5.pdf

 

1. Nouns (including adjectives) Based on Two Consonants

2. Nouns (including adjectives) Based on Three Consonants Masc. Sing Having One Vowel in Pre-exilic Hebrew

3. Nouns (including adjectives) Based on Three Consonants Two Short Vowels in Pre-Exilic Hebrew

4. Nouns (including adjectives) Based on Three Consonants Short First Long Second Vowel

5. Nouns (including adjectives) Based on Three Consonants Long First Short Second Vowel

6. Nouns (including adjectives) Based on Three Consonants Two Long Vowels

7. Nouns (including adjectives) based on Three Consonants the Second of which is Geminated having (in masc. sing.)Two Short Vowels

8. Prepositions, Negatives, Adverbs, etc.

 

1. Nouns (including adjectives) based on Two Consonants

(forms with long (doubled) second consonant see )

 

Forms

Tiberian

Reconstructed Pre-Exilic Pronunciation

 Nb. form in [square brackets] is a reconstructed pronunciation of the preceding /phonemic/ form

Meaning

http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms.htm#qal

qal (Tiberian קָל)

אָב

/ˈʾabu/ > /ˈʾab/

father

 

 

אָח

/ˈʾa/

brother

 

 

דָּג

/ˈdag/

fish

 

 

דָּם

/ˈdam/

blood

 

 

וָו

/ˈwaw/

hook

 

 

יָד

/ˈyad/

hand

 

 

ֺשָד

/ˈšad/

female breast

 

 

חָם

/ˈḥam/

husband's father

 

 

תָּו

/ˈtaw/

mark

http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms.htm#qala

(feminine)

אָמָה

aˈmatu/ >> /ʾaˈ/

female servant, slave-wife

 

 

שָֺפָה

/śaˈ/

lip, language

 

 

ֺשָנָה

/šaˈ/

year

http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms#qil

qil (Tiberian קֵל)

אֶל

ilu/ > /ˈʾil/

il] + or [ʾẹl] -

god of

 

 

בֶּן בִּן

/bin/

[bin] + or [bẹn] -

son of

 

 

בַּת (f.)

/ˈbint/ > /ˈbitt/ > /ˈbat/

daughter

 

 

לֵץ

/ˈliṣ/

liṣ] + or [ʾlẹṣ]-

mocker

 

 

עֵד

/ˈcid/

[ˈcid] + or [ˈcẹd] -

witness

 

 

עֵץ

/ˈciṣ/

ciṣ] + or [ʾcẹṣ] -

tree

 

 

רֵעַ

/ˈric/

ric] + or [ʾrẹc] -

companion

 

 

ֺשֵם

/ˈšim/

šim] + or [ʾšẹm] -

name

 

 

ֺשֵת

/ˈšit/

šit] + or [ʾšẹt] -

base, foundation

http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms.htm#qila

(feminine)

גֶּשֶׁת

/ˈgišatu/ > /ˈgištu/ >

 /ˈgišt/

[ˈgišt] or [ˈgišәt]

approaching (inf. cstr. qal of נגשׁ)

 

 

דֵּעָה

/diˈcatu/ > > /diˈcā/

[diˈcā] +or [dẹˈcā] -

knowledge (qal verbal noun ידע)

 

 

דַּעַת

/ˈdicatu/ > /ˈdictu/ >

/ˈdict/

[ˈdi\ẹct] or [ˈdi\ẹ