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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