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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Cf other
Semitic languages below. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Hayyim</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>(Since I
can't replicate the macron above a vowel, double letters are used for long
vowels.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Akkadian
attaa/attii</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Ugaritic
'at/'at</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Syriac
'att/'att [the feminine retains in writing a silent final
yod]</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Arabic
'anta/'anti</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Ethiopic 'anta/'antii</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=062204914-24082008>Hebrew 'attaa/'att</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mesorah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org
[mailto:mesorah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Michael
Kopinsky<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:40 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
mesorah@aishdas.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Mesorah] At/Atah<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>What is the shoresh of At and Atah? Is there
one?<BR><BR>KT,<BR>Michael<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>