| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics ; v. 99
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Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 99.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Language and languages -- Style. |
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Hebrew language -- Vocalization.
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Hebrew language -- Vocalization. |
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Hebrew language -- Phonology, Historical.
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Hebrew language -- Phonology, Historical. |
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Hebrew language. |
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Hebrew language -- Vowels. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Suchard, Benjamin. Development of the Biblical Hebrew vowels. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2019 9004390251 9789004390256 (OCoLC)1089497883 |
| ISBN |
9789004390263 (PDF) |
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900439026X (PDF) |
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9789004390256 (hardcover) |
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9004390251 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004390263 |
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