02387oam 2200457I 450 991082606220332120241104165208.090-04-39026-X10.1163/9789004390263(CKB)4970000000170081(MiAaPQ)EBC5906229(OCoLC)1096223197(nllekb)BRILL9789004390263(EXLCZ)99497000000017008120190426d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Development of the Biblical Hebrew vowels Including a Concise Historical Morphology /Benjamin SuchardLeiden,Boston :BRILL,2019.1 online resource (316 pages)Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics;v.9990-04-39025-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.The development of the Biblical Hebrew Vowels investigates the sound changes affecting the Proto-Northwest-Semitic vocalic phonemes and their reflexes in Tiberian Biblical Hebrew. Contrary to many previous approaches, Benjamin Suchard shows that these developments can all be described as phonetically regular sound laws. This confirms that despite its unique transmission history, Hebrew behaves like other languages in this regard. Many Hebrew sound changes have traditionally been explained as reflecting non-phonetic conditioning. These include the Canaanite Shift of *ā to *ō, tonic and pre-tonic lengthening, diphthong contraction, Philippi’s Law, the Law of Attenuation, and the apocope of short, unstressed vowels. By reconsidering reconstructions and re-evaluating phonetic conditions, this work shows how the Biblical Hebrew forms regularly derive from their Proto-Northwest-Semitic precursors.Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ;99.Hebrew languageVowelsHebrew languagePhonology, HistoricalHebrew languageVowels.Hebrew languagePhonology, Historical.492.4Suchard Benjamin D.1494661NL-LeKBNL-LeKBUkOxUBOOK9910826062203321The Development of the Biblical Hebrew vowels3956047UNINA