Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #semitics
Most recents (1)
Dear #Semitics folks.
I’d be grateful for some help with some nominal patterns.
Hebrew has a whole bunch of qiṭṭēl-shaped adjectives which describe physical conditions, often defects.
Examples include pissēaḥ = ‘lame’,
gibbēaḥ = ‘bald’,
ḥerēš = ‘deaf’,
I’d be grateful for some help with some nominal patterns.
Hebrew has a whole bunch of qiṭṭēl-shaped adjectives which describe physical conditions, often defects.
Examples include pissēaḥ = ‘lame’,
gibbēaḥ = ‘bald’,
ḥerēš = ‘deaf’,
ʔiṭṭēr = ‘left-handed’,
ʕiwwēr = ‘blind’,
piqqēaḥ = ‘well-sighted’, and
gibbēn = ‘hump-backed’.
Quite a few more turn up in Mishnaic Hebrew, e.g.,
qiṭṭēaʕ = ‘without a hand/foot’,
giddēm = ‘without a hand’,
ṣimmēaʕ/ṣimmēm = ‘with misshapen ears’,
ʕiwwēr = ‘blind’,
piqqēaḥ = ‘well-sighted’, and
gibbēn = ‘hump-backed’.
Quite a few more turn up in Mishnaic Hebrew, e.g.,
qiṭṭēaʕ = ‘without a hand/foot’,
giddēm = ‘without a hand’,
ṣimmēaʕ/ṣimmēm = ‘with misshapen ears’,
ʕiqqēl = ‘clubfooted’, and
ḥiggēr = ‘lame’.
These sorts of conditions/defects form a well known type of personal name/nickname, which is attested all over the ANE.
ḥiggēr = ‘lame’.
These sorts of conditions/defects form a well known type of personal name/nickname, which is attested all over the ANE.
