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<DIV>In a message dated 8/24/2008 9:16:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bkandel@yu.edu writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>A couple
of small comments: 1) In Syriac, the Proto-Semitic nun is also<BR>preserved
(not just the yodh), and there's something like a perpetual<BR>k'rei-ketiv of
*'anti>'at. 2) The proposed second-person feminine pronoun<BR>*'anti
is not just a figment of linguists' imagination; it's attested to<BR>in the
ketiv of several pesukim (e.g., Shoftim 17:2, Melakhim Alef 14:2,<BR>etc.),
and <STRONG>*Ibn Ezra observes a similar phenomenon with
*bint>bat*</STRONG> (Peirush<BR>ha-Arukh, Shmot 5:9).<BR><BR>Kol
tuv<BR><BR>Ben Kandel<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>>>>>>></DIV>
<DIV>Very interesting. This would explain why the plural of bas is
banos.</DIV></DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B>--Toby<BR><B>--Toby
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