Edition 1.3
5 February
2012
History
of the Ancient and Modern Hebrew Language
By
David Steinberg
David.Steinberg@houseofdavid.ca
Home page http://www.houseofdavid.ca/
http://www.adath-shalom.ca/history_of_hebrewtoc.htm
Excursus 3
Some
Key Differences Between Biblical and Israeli Hebrew
o
Table 38 - Some Key
Phonemic Distinctions in EBHP, TH and IH
o
Table 40
- Sound Shifts Between EBHP and IH
o
Table 41 - Some Impacts
of Sound Shifts Between EBHP, TH and IH
o
Table
42 - Verbal Stems (Binyanim) in EBHP TH, and IHConsonants that Were Distinct and Phonemic in the
First Temple Period that Have Merged in Modern Pronunciation
Table 38
Some Key
Phonemic Distinctions in *EBHP, TH and IH
|
Item |
*EBHP (c. 850-550 BCE) |
(present) |
|
|
Location of Stressed Syllable in Words |
not graphically marked in consonantal text |
Tiberian accent sign identifies syllable
stress. |
not graphically marked in unpointed text |
|
Gemination i.e. Consonantal Doubling or Lengthening |
not graphically marked in consonantal text[2] |
phonemic but with very light phonemic load[3] |
non-phonemic and not graphically marked. Germination that
exists (e.g. דיברתי
pronounced [diˈbarrәti]) not related to its function or location in
Biblical Hebrew |
|
non-phonemic and not indicated by vowel
system except for ultra short vowels |
|
Table 39 - Original Typical
Semitic 3 Way Opposition in EBHP and TH Reduced to 2 Way in IH with Loss of Emphatic Consonants |
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Place of Articulation |
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ד = /d/ [d] (דלל "to be
thin, poor") |
ת = /t/ [t] (תלם "furrow") (תלל "to
mock") |
ט = /ṭ/ [tˁ] (טלם a place name and
possibly also a noun meaning "black" or the like) (טלל "to resonate") |
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and [THCSP
IS-ENG] (present) |
ד = /d/ [d] (דלל "to be thin, poor") |
ת = /t/ [t] identical in pronunciation to (תלם | ||