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/
See also http://www.houseofdavid.ca/problem5.pdf
1. Nouns (including
adjectives) Based on Two Consonants
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
8. Prepositions,
Negatives, Adverbs, etc.
1. Nouns (including adjectives) based on Two Consonants
(forms with
long (doubled) second consonant see )
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Tiberian |
Reconstructed Pre-Exilic Pronunciation Nb. form in [square brackets]
is a reconstructed pronunciation of the preceding /phonemic/ form |
Meaning |
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http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms.htm#qal |
qal (Tiberian קָל) |
אָב |
/ˈʾabu/ > /ˈʾab/ |
father |
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אָח |
/ˈʾaḫ/ |
brother |
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דָּג |
/ˈdag/ |
fish |
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דָּם |
/ˈdam/ |
blood |
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וָו |
/ˈwaw/ |
hook |
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יָד |
/ˈyad/ |
hand |
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ֺשָד |
/ˈšad/ |
female breast |
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חָם |
/ˈḥam/ |
husband's father |
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תָּו |
/ˈtaw/ |
mark |
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http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms.htm#qala |
(feminine) |
אָמָה |
/ʾaˈmatu/ >> /ʾaˈmā/ |
female servant, slave-wife |
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שָֺפָה |
/śaˈpā/ |
lip, language |
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ֺשָנָה |
/šaˈnā/ |
year |
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http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms#qil |
qil (Tiberian קֵל) |
אֶל |
/ʾilu/ > /ˈʾil/ [ʾil] + or [ʾẹl] - |
god of |
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בֶּן
בִּן |
/bin/ [bin] + or [bẹn] - |
son of |
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בַּת
(f.) |
/ˈbint/ > /ˈbitt/ > /ˈbat/ |
daughter |
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לֵץ |
/ˈliṣ/ [ʾliṣ] + or [ʾlẹṣ]- |
mocker |
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עֵד |
/ˈcid/ [ˈcid] + or [ˈcẹd] - |
witness |
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עֵץ |
/ˈciṣ/ [ʾciṣ] + or [ʾcẹṣ] - |
tree |
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רֵעַ |
/ˈric/ [ʾric] + or [ʾrẹc] - |
companion |
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ֺשֵם |
/ˈšim/ [ʾšim] + or [ʾšẹm] - |
name |
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ֺשֵת |
/ˈšit/ [ʾšit] + or [ʾšẹt] - |
base, foundation |
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http://www.houseofdavid.ca/forms.htm#qila |
(feminine) |
גֶּשֶׁת |
/ˈgišatu/ > /ˈgištu/ > /ˈgišt/ [ˈgišt] or [ˈgišәt] |
approaching (inf. cstr. qal of נגשׁ) |
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דֵּעָה |
/diˈcatu/ > > /diˈcā/ [diˈcā] +or [dẹˈcā] - |
knowledge (qal verbal noun ידע) |
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דַּעַת |
/ˈdicatu/ > /ˈdictu/ > /ˈdict/ [ˈdi\ẹct] or [ˈdi\ẹ |