Genesis 8:3,4 HLOTTTONOUTO

Richard Ghilardi qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Fri Apr 12 12:17:02 EDT 2002


Dear B-greekers,

Carl Conrad wrote:

<< LSJ has two different verbs, both of which would produce the imperfect
middle 3d sg. HLATTONOUTO (since E + O and O + O both contract to -OU-).
>>

While Carl is perfectly correct that both E+O and O+O contract to OU,
these are not the pair of contracting vowels found in the verbs in
question. 

For ELATTONEW: impf mid 3d sg (HLATTONEETO) --> HLATTONEITO

For ELATTONOW: impf mid 3d sg (HLATTONOETO) --> HLATTONOUTO

Thus the contracting pairs are: E+E and O+E.

Carl was thinking of the 3d pl. where the contracting pairs are as he
states them above.

AUTOU CARITI SOS,

Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
New Haven, CT USA
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