CONTENTS

Principal Abbreviations pp. xii-xiv

Transcription . pp. xv-xvi
Chapter
l. The 8emitic Linguistic Group §§ 1-13
11. Phonology
A. The Proto-8emitic Phonetic System . 14
B. Representation of Proto-8emitic Sounds in the His-
torical 8emitic Dialects 15-33
C. Assimilation . 34-8
D. Dissimilation 39-4 2
E. Elision 43-7
F. Haplology 48
G. Metathesis . 49-5 1
H. Vocalic Prothesis and Epenthesis 52 -7
l. Gemination and Simplification 58-63
J. Inorganic Consonants . 64
K. Pausal Forms 65-8
L. Accent 69-8 5
111. Morphology in General
A. Bases.
B. Detenninants
C. Vocalic Alternation
IV. Nouns
A. FQrmation
l. Bases without Fonnatives
a. MonosyIlabic Bases .
b. DisyIlabic Bases .
c. TrisyIlabic Bases .
2. Bases with Formatives
a. Bases with Preformatives 153-66
b. Bases with Afiormatives 16 7-7 6
B. Gender 177-9°
C. Number . 19 1 - 8
D. Declension 199-222
V. Pronouns 223
A. Personal Pronouns . 224
l. Independent Personal Pronouns . 225-35
2. Affixed Personal Pronouns 23 6-40
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B. Demonstrative Pronouns and the Article 24 1- 6
C. Relative Pronouns . 247-5 0
D. Interrogative Pronouns 25 1 -4
VI. Numerals
A. Cardinals 255-67
B. Ordinals . 268-7 2
C. Fractionals . 273
VII. Particles 274
A. Adverbs
l. Adverbs of Non-Nominal Origin
&. Relative 275-8
b. Interrogative . 279-80
c. Voluntative 281
d. Assertional 282
e. Negational 28 3
2. Adverbs of Nominal Origin . 28 4-9
B. Prepositions . 290-1
C. Conjunctions 29 2-3
D. Interjections 294-5
VIII. Verbs 29 6-3 01
A. Stems
l. Bases without Preformatives
R. Simple TrisyIlabic Bases 302-1 I
b. Bases with Second Consonant Germinated 312-15
c. Bases with First or Second Consonant
Repeated . 316
d. Bases with Third Consonant Repeated 317-i8
e. Bases with Second and Third SyIlable
Reduplicated .
2. Bases with Preformatives
a. Bases with Preformative na- 3 21
b. Bases with Preformative ha- 3 22 -4
c. Bases with Preformative ta- 3 2 5-3 2
d. Bases with Preformative 8- and 8- . 333-5
e. Bases with Preformative n-t- and n-s-t- . 33 6-9
3. DisyIlabic Geminated Bases '. 340 - 1
B. Moods 34 2 -57
C. Tenses 35 8- 6 5
D. Conjugation of the Strong Verb
l. 'Atelic' .
2. 'Telic'
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3. Imperative . · 377-80
4. Infinitives and Participles 381 -3
E. Synopsis of the Types of the Strong Verb . . 3 84
1. Qal . 38 5-8
2. Nicp'al . . 389-9 0
3. Pi'el 39 1 - 2
4. Pu'al 393-4
5. Hicp'il 395-6
6. Hocp'al . 397-8
7. Hi8pa 'el . 399-4 00
8. Rare Formations . 4°1-2
F. Weak Verbs . 4°3-5
l. Verbs with Initial n- . 406-7
2. Yerba with Pharyngala . 408
3. Yerba with Geminate Medial 4°9- 1 3
4. Verbs with ' 4 1 4- 16
5· Verbs with i, 11 4 1 7-21
Bibliography . · pp. 119- 1 39
Index of Biblical Hebrew Words · pp. 14 1 - 1 47