Qumran Hebrew Qal Prefix Conjugation Forms with Mater w after the First Radical: Or: ‮htsṿrh ʾṿmrt tdṿrshny‬‎

Qumran Hebrew Qal Prefix Conjugation Forms with Mater w after the First Radical Or: ‮הצורה אומרת תדורשני‬‎

Forms like ‮ידורשהו‬‎, viz. qal stem prefix conjugation forms with an object suffix in which a mater lectionis indicates the presence of a rounded vowel after the first radical, constitute the only unique Qumran Hebrew morphological trait that has no parallels in other traditions of the language. In...

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Main Author: Stadel, Christian 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2024, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-222
Further subjects:B prefix conjugation
B Morphology
B anaptyxis
B vowel deletion
B Phonology
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Summary:Forms like ‮ידורשהו‬‎, viz. qal stem prefix conjugation forms with an object suffix in which a mater lectionis indicates the presence of a rounded vowel after the first radical, constitute the only unique Qumran Hebrew morphological trait that has no parallels in other traditions of the language. In this paper, I suggest a new explanation for the development of these forms (and of orthographically similar qal stem imperatives and infinitives). While previous research tried to explain the forms as resulting from analogy, I propose that they are (by and large) the result of regular sound change: vowel deletion of the unstressed stem vowel followed by the emergence of an epenthetic copy vowel that originated in the masculine plural forms.
ISSN:1568-5179
Contains:Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685179-bja10051