Tag: Consonant

1. The Hebrew letters now in use, in which both the manuscripts of the O.T. are written and our editions of the Bible are printed, commonly called the square character (כְּתָב מְרֻבָּע‎), also the Assyrian character (כְּ׳ אַשּׁוּרִי‎), are not those originally employed. Old Hebrew (or Old Canaanitish) writing, as it was used on public…

The changes which take place among consonants, owing to the formation of words, inflexion, euphony, or to influences connected with the progress of the language, are commutation, assimilation, rejection, addition, transposition, softening. 1. Commutation may take place between consonants which are either homorganic or homogeneous, e.g. עָלַץ‎, עָלַס‎, עָלַו‎ to exult, לָאָה‎, לָהָה‎, Aram. לְעָא‎…