Weiter zum Inhalt

The Hebrew Verbal Paradigm of Hollow Roots: a Triconsonantal Account


Seiten 317 - 332

DOI https://doi.org/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.166.2.0317




Evidence from various Semitic languages suggests that ‘hollow’ verbs should not be reconstructed with a vowel as their middle radical, but with three radical consonants, the middle one being *w or *y. In the past, forms from Biblical Hebrew have been cited as being incompatible with such a reconstruction. This paper shows that almost all parts of the Hebrew hollow paradigm can easily be derived from their strong counterparts, leaving only the nip̄ʿal imperfect and the hip̄ʿil participle as anomalies. These two forms are then investigated in more detail. The nip̄ʿal imperfect, yikkon, is argued to be an analogical extension of the stem found in the perfect, nåḵon, based on the model of the geminate roots. The hip̄ʿil participle, mešiḇ, is shown to be the regular outcome of earlier *mihaṯīb-, a reconstruction which is supported by cuneiform transcriptions.

Leiden

1 Al-Jallad, A. 2015: An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Leiden.

2 Barth, J. 1894: “Zur vergleichenden semitischen Grammatik.” In: ZDMG 48, pp. 1–21.

3 Barth, J. 1897: “Die Pôlēl-Conjugation und die Pôlāl-Participien.” In: G. A. Kohut (ed.): Semitic Studies in Memory of Rev. Dr. Alexander Kohut. Berlin, pp. 83–93.

4 Bauer, H./P. Leander 1922: Historische Grammatik der hebräischen Sprache. Halle an der Saale.

5 Bauer, H./P. Leander 1927: Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen. Halle an der Saale.

6 Beeston, A. F. L. 1984: Sabaic Grammar. Manchester (JSS Monograph 6).

7 Beyer, K. 1984: Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer. Göttingen.

8 Biella, J. 1981: Dictionary of Old South Arabic. Chico (Harvard Semitic Studies 25).

9 Birkeland, H. 1940: Akzent und Vokalismus im Althebräischen. Oslo.

10 Blau, J. 1971a: “Studies in Hebrew Verb Formation.” In: Hebrew Union College Annual 42, pp. 133–158.

11 Blau, J. 1971b: “Marginalia Semitica I.” In: Israel Oriental Studies 1, pp. 1–35.

12 Blau, J. 1983: “Eine Theorie der Haupttondehnung im Althebräischen.” In: ZDMG 133, pp. 24–29.

13 Blau, J. 1993: A grammar of biblical Hebrew. Wiesbaden (2 nd edition).

14 Brockelmann, C. 1908: Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der semitischen Sprachen. Berlin.

15 Brønno, E. 1943: Studien über hebräische Morphologie und Vokalismus. Leipzig (AKM 28).

16 Cowley, A. E. 1910: Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, as edited and enlarged by the late E. Kautsch. Oxford (2 nd English edition).

17 Hoch, J. E. 1994: Semitic words in Egyptian texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period. Princeton.

18 Huehnergard, J. 1987: Ugaritic Vocabulary in Syllabic Transcription. Atlanta.

19 Huehnergard, J. 1992: “Historical Phonology and the Hebrew Piel.” In: W. R. Bodine (ed.): Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew. Winona Lake, pp. 209–229.

20 Huehnergard, J. 2005: “Features of Central Semitic.” In: A. Gianto (ed.): Biblical and Oriental Essays in Memory of William L. Moran. Rome, pp. 153–203.

21 Joüon, P./T. Muraoka 2009: A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Rome (2nd reprint of 2nd edition).

22 Lambert, M. 1892: “Remarques sur le pluriel des noms en hébreu.” In: REJ 24, pp. 99–111.

23 Nöldeke, Th. 1875: Review of: H. Derenbourg et al. (eds.): Festschrift Herrn Prof. Dr. H. L. Fleischer. In: ZDMG 29, pp. 322–334.

24 Sivan, D. 1984: Grammatical analysis and glossary of the Northwest semitic vocables in Akkadian texts of the 15th–13th c. B.C. from Canaan and Syria. Neukirchen-Vluyn.

25 Tallqvist, K. 1914: Assyrian personal names. Helsingfors (Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 43).

26 Tropper, J. 2000: Ugaritische Grammatik. Münster.

27 Tropper, J. 2002: Altäthiopisch. Münster.

Empfehlen


Export Citation