[Mesorah] At/Atah

[Hayyim Obadyah]

not a shoresh per se, but the Proto-Semitic was probably 'anta/'anti
(masc/fem).  In Hebrew (and other North-East and North-West Semitic
languages), the nun assimilated to the taw.  When short final vowels were
lost in Hebrew, the vowel was dropped in the feminine and lengthened in the
masculine.
Cf other Semitic languages below.  
Hayyim
 
(Since I can't replicate the macron above a vowel, double letters are used
for long vowels.)
Akkadian    attaa/attii
Ugaritic       'at/'at
Syriac         'att/'att [the feminine retains in writing a silent final
yod]
Arabic         'anta/'anti
Ethiopic       'anta/'antii
Hebrew       'attaa/'att
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[mailto:mesorah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org] On Behalf Of Michael Kopinsky
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Subject: [Mesorah] At/Atah


What is the shoresh of At and Atah?  Is there one?

KT,
Michael

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