The Development of the Biblical Hebrew vowels : Including a Concise Historical Morphology /
Suchard, Benjamin,
The Development of the Biblical Hebrew vowels : Including a Concise Historical Morphology / Benjamin Suchard. - 1 online resource. - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; v.99 Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004400689 . - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 99. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386884. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The development of the Biblical Hebrew Vowels investigates the sound changes affecting the Proto-Northwest-Semitic vocalic phonemes and their reflexes in Tiberian Biblical Hebrew. Contrary to many previous approaches, Benjamin Suchard shows that these developments can all be described as phonetically regular sound laws. This confirms that despite its unique transmission history, Hebrew behaves like other languages in this regard. Many Hebrew sound changes have traditionally been explained as reflecting non-phonetic conditioning. These include the Canaanite Shift of *ā to *ō, tonic and pre-tonic lengthening, diphthong contraction, Philippi’s Law, the Law of Attenuation, and the apocope of short, unstressed vowels. By reconsidering reconstructions and re-evaluating phonetic conditions, this work shows how the Biblical Hebrew forms regularly derive from their Proto-Northwest-Semitic precursors.
9789004390263
10.1163/9789004390263 DOI
Social sciences.
H41
300.3
The Development of the Biblical Hebrew vowels : Including a Concise Historical Morphology / Benjamin Suchard. - 1 online resource. - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; v.99 Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004400689 . - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 99. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386884. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The development of the Biblical Hebrew Vowels investigates the sound changes affecting the Proto-Northwest-Semitic vocalic phonemes and their reflexes in Tiberian Biblical Hebrew. Contrary to many previous approaches, Benjamin Suchard shows that these developments can all be described as phonetically regular sound laws. This confirms that despite its unique transmission history, Hebrew behaves like other languages in this regard. Many Hebrew sound changes have traditionally been explained as reflecting non-phonetic conditioning. These include the Canaanite Shift of *ā to *ō, tonic and pre-tonic lengthening, diphthong contraction, Philippi’s Law, the Law of Attenuation, and the apocope of short, unstressed vowels. By reconsidering reconstructions and re-evaluating phonetic conditions, this work shows how the Biblical Hebrew forms regularly derive from their Proto-Northwest-Semitic precursors.
9789004390263
10.1163/9789004390263 DOI
Social sciences.
H41
300.3