Is BBH wrong in describing yashav as strong in the paal perfect?
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:26 am
Is BBH wrong in describing yashav as strong in the paal perfect?
In Basics of Biblical Hebrew p142, chapter 13 Paal Perfect strong verbs
He lists
yashav as being strong.
I know that yashav in the paal perfect follows the same pattern as strong verbs but is he correct or incorrect to describe yashav as strong?
I'd have thought yashav is considered to be 1-Yud regardless of stem and regardless of whether it's (perfect/imperfect...), and that 1-Yud like all categories of weak root, are considered weak regardless of stem and what i'll call subcategory (perfect/imperfect/cohortative......)
BBH is using the word weak to mean both a)a match to I-G or II-G e.t.c. and plus b)one that has an impact in that stem and subcategory, so one that causes an irregularity relative to the strong form. Then he calls it weak.
Whereas I think maybe the normal definition of weak is if it matches one of those forms I-G, II-G . e.t.c. regardless of the form that the root is in. And so a root may have a weak letter that in one form won't affect it but that doesn't make it strong. It's still weak.
Ralph Zak
In Basics of Biblical Hebrew p142, chapter 13 Paal Perfect strong verbs
He lists
yashav as being strong.
I know that yashav in the paal perfect follows the same pattern as strong verbs but is he correct or incorrect to describe yashav as strong?
I'd have thought yashav is considered to be 1-Yud regardless of stem and regardless of whether it's (perfect/imperfect...), and that 1-Yud like all categories of weak root, are considered weak regardless of stem and what i'll call subcategory (perfect/imperfect/cohortative......)
BBH is using the word weak to mean both a)a match to I-G or II-G e.t.c. and plus b)one that has an impact in that stem and subcategory, so one that causes an irregularity relative to the strong form. Then he calls it weak.
Whereas I think maybe the normal definition of weak is if it matches one of those forms I-G, II-G . e.t.c. regardless of the form that the root is in. And so a root may have a weak letter that in one form won't affect it but that doesn't make it strong. It's still weak.
Ralph Zak