Continuing with 'rare' double letters. I look at 20 pairs in this post. In subsequent posts I will look at the 37
singles and 10 double letters (which will turn out to not be rare, but only
rare as the first two letters of a root. This principle is known as
gemination.)
So the 20 pairs - are they rare? Yes and no. It's a lot of information. The lists are a somewhat random selection from the available examples.
g't - t'g score 0 hits. 't (tet) is a curious letter, a second t sound.
Perhaps the fact that it does not occur adjacent to g is a hint for both of
them as to their pronunciation.
gc (0) but cg is frequent where the prefix is 'c' - similar to
bp
but only where the prefix is 'b'.
For gx there are zero results but for xg, the root ixg exists - used 16 times
across 10 books.
gq (0)
dz (0) but zd (32). Here there is an instance of a vav in a root disappearing
in the word and resulting in these two consonants adjacent to each other. I
have noted before the tendency of z to become d in Aramaic words. E.g. דכרניא
the archives, an aspect of memory
zcr in Hebrew. There seems to be some
metastasis with d in
Dan 2:9.
| zvd |
|
vizd |
ויזד and stewed Genesis 25:29
|
| zvd |
|
zdim |
זדים the presumptuous Psalms
119:122
|
| azd |
|
azda |
אזדא has vanished Daniel 2:5 |
| zmn |
|
hzdmntun |
הזדמנתון you cooked up together
Daniel 2:9
|
| adr |
|
adrzda |
אדרזדא with excellence Ezra 7:23
|
d't (0) but 'td (10)
hy (2,634) but zero occurrence in any root. I.e. like earlier examples, it is
only the h as playing its grammatical roles.
and yh (1,814)
z't (0), zs (0), zx (0)
ky (2) yk(0) - as suspected and will occur when we get to rarely used words,
some are borrowed or are names or both.
'tc (0), 'tx (0)
'tt (1), t't (0)
cx (87) all related to the use of c as a prefix. xc (23) all arx with the
pronoun suffix cm
cq (41) all related to the use of c as a prefix. qc (1) koqcm your decreed
(bricks)
Ex 5:14
lr (0) no uses of l with a root beginning with r! rl (138)
sx (0)
xt (210) 't' being a grammatical letter and a means of elision, it appears in various guises in these examples.
| rvx |
|
bmruxtm |
במרוצתם to their own racing
Jeremiah 8:6
|
| iyx |
|
yxt |
עצת the counsel of Jeremiah 49:20
|
| amx |
|
aimxtiç |
אמצתיך I will assure you Isaiah
41:10
|
| qxh |
|
umqxt |
ומקצת and a limited number of
Nehemiah 7:69
|
| ixa |
|
vhxti |
והצתי and I will bring forth
Jeremiah 50:32
|
| npx |
|
vnipxti |
ונפצתי and I will smash Jeremiah
51:23
|
| ixt |
|
iixtu |
יצתו they will be charred Jeremiah
51:58
|
tx(207)
