𓅜 doug henning 𒄇
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Bedouin varieties generally have *q > g or dž~dz and *k > k or č~ts, affricates occurring before front vowels.
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Bedouin varieties generally have *q > g or dž~dz and *k > k or č~ts, affricates occurring before front vowels.
It is not! Affricated *k > č or ts is emblematic of Bedouin dialects but not those of rural villages. In Central Palestine, ḳ and k were sometimes kept separate, sometimes merged as the two maps show.
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It is not! Affricated *k > č or ts is emblematic of Bedouin dialects but not those of rural villages. In Central Palestine, ḳ and k were sometimes kept separate, sometimes merged as the two maps show.
True, but qaf has actually attested as a pharyngealized or slightly backed velar in rural Palestinian dialects eg Nazareth and was formerly even more widespread (Bergsträsser, “Sprachatlas von Syrien und Palästina”, 1915)
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
True, but qaf has actually attested as a pharyngealized or slightly backed velar in rural Palestinian dialects eg Nazareth and was formerly even more widespread (Bergsträsser, “Sprachatlas von Syrien und Palästina”, 1915)
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November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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And here’s Muraoka, which seems most likely
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And here’s Muraoka, which seems most likely
Pat-El in the sketch from her and Huehnergard’s Semitic Languages just says ultimate stress if closed, then penultimate.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Pat-El in the sketch from her and Huehnergard’s Semitic Languages just says ultimate stress if closed, then penultimate.
Thanks for the catch on the pa''el...
Thackston says the -kn suffixes always lenite.
Thackston says the -kn suffixes always lenite.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thanks for the catch on the pa''el...
Thackston says the -kn suffixes always lenite.
Thackston says the -kn suffixes always lenite.
I went back and forth about the linking vowel and had *rošekem at one point but figured the loss of aleph would allow the cluster and precede epenthesis.
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I went back and forth about the linking vowel and had *rošekem at one point but figured the loss of aleph would allow the cluster and precede epenthesis.
The Peshitta text harmonizes the persons to plural but oddly says not to *grow* the hair of your heads:
ܠܳܐ ܬܪܰܒܽܘܢ ܣܰܥܪܳܐ ܕܖ̈ܺܝܫܰܝܟܽܘܢ. ܘܠܳܐ ܬܚܰܒܠܽܘܢ ܦܳܬܳܐ ܕܕܶܩܢܰܝ̈ܟܽܘܢ
lɔ traβun saʕrɔ d-rišayxun wlā tḥaβlun pɔθɔ d-ðeqnayxun
ܠܳܐ ܬܪܰܒܽܘܢ ܣܰܥܪܳܐ ܕܖ̈ܺܝܫܰܝܟܽܘܢ. ܘܠܳܐ ܬܚܰܒܠܽܘܢ ܦܳܬܳܐ ܕܕܶܩܢܰܝ̈ܟܽܘܢ
lɔ traβun saʕrɔ d-rišayxun wlā tḥaβlun pɔθɔ d-ðeqnayxun
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Further translations:
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Found a Yiddish translation on Sefaria, which also reflects the difference in person:
איר זאָלט ניט אָפּשנײַדן רונד די ברעגן פֿון אײַער קאָפּ; און זאָלסט ניט פֿאַרדאַרבן די ברעגן פֿון דײַן באָרד.
Ir zolt nit opshnaidn rund di bregn fun ayer kap; un zolst nit fardarbn di bregn fun zayn bord.
איר זאָלט ניט אָפּשנײַדן רונד די ברעגן פֿון אײַער קאָפּ; און זאָלסט ניט פֿאַרדאַרבן די ברעגן פֿון דײַן באָרד.
Ir zolt nit opshnaidn rund di bregn fun ayer kap; un zolst nit fardarbn di bregn fun zayn bord.
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The Peshitta text harmonizes the persons to plural but oddly says not to *grow* the hair of your heads:
ܠܳܐ ܬܪܰܒܽܘܢ ܣܰܥܪܳܐ ܕܖ̈ܺܝܫܰܝܟܽܘܢ. ܘܠܳܐ ܬܚܰܒܠܽܘܢ ܦܳܬܳܐ ܕܕܶܩܢܰܝ̈ܟܽܘܢ
lɔ traβun saʕrɔ d-rišayxun wlā tḥaβlun pɔθɔ d-ðeqnayxun
ܠܳܐ ܬܪܰܒܽܘܢ ܣܰܥܪܳܐ ܕܖ̈ܺܝܫܰܝܟܽܘܢ. ܘܠܳܐ ܬܚܰܒܠܽܘܢ ܦܳܬܳܐ ܕܕܶܩܢܰܝ̈ܟܽܘܢ
lɔ traβun saʕrɔ d-rišayxun wlā tḥaβlun pɔθɔ d-ðeqnayxun
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Peshitta text harmonizes the persons to plural but oddly says not to *grow* the hair of your heads:
ܠܳܐ ܬܪܰܒܽܘܢ ܣܰܥܪܳܐ ܕܖ̈ܺܝܫܰܝܟܽܘܢ. ܘܠܳܐ ܬܚܰܒܠܽܘܢ ܦܳܬܳܐ ܕܕܶܩܢܰܝ̈ܟܽܘܢ
lɔ traβun saʕrɔ d-rišayxun wlā tḥaβlun pɔθɔ d-ðeqnayxun
ܠܳܐ ܬܪܰܒܽܘܢ ܣܰܥܪܳܐ ܕܖ̈ܺܝܫܰܝܟܽܘܢ. ܘܠܳܐ ܬܚܰܒܠܽܘܢ ܦܳܬܳܐ ܕܕܶܩܢܰܝ̈ܟܽܘܢ
lɔ traβun saʕrɔ d-rišayxun wlā tḥaβlun pɔθɔ d-ðeqnayxun
The previous verse has the ban on divination and the next verse is the ban on scarification to commemorate the dead and tattooing, so likely this is actually a ban on a particular form of (priestly?) tonsure and beard trimming associated with non-Yahwistic practices.
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The previous verse has the ban on divination and the next verse is the ban on scarification to commemorate the dead and tattooing, so likely this is actually a ban on a particular form of (priestly?) tonsure and beard trimming associated with non-Yahwistic practices.