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Children's Rhymes and Nature in Mehri, A Modern South Arabian Language 现代南阿拉伯语 Mehri 中的童谣与自然

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae022

Saeed Al-Qumairi, Andrea Boom, Janet C E Watson

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Sinai Arabic MS 68: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of a Unique Arabic Gospel Manuscript 西奈阿拉伯文 MS 68：研究独特阿拉伯福音手稿的多学科方法

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae020

Phillip W Stokes, Noha Abou-Khatwa, Georg Leube

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Yaroslav Gutgarts, Filip Busau, Tigrinisch-Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Tigrinya-German-English Dictionary, መዝገበ ቓላት ትግርኛ-ጀርመንኛ-እንግሊዝኛ Yaroslav Gutgarts, Filip Busau, Tigrinya-German-English Dictionary, Tigrinya-German-English Dictionary, መዝገበ ቓላ ት ትግ 支援-ጀመን 支援-እንግሊዝ.

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-07-13 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae025

M. Krzyżanowska

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An Oath for Vengeance? A vendetta with the testimony of the goddess Allāt in an Ancient North Arabian inscription from Jordan 复仇誓言？约旦古代北阿拉伯碑文中阿拉特女神的复仇见证

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae024

Hani Hayajneh, Rafe Harahsheh

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The Gezer Inscription ʿṣd pšt ‘Bundling Flax’: Revising the Arabic Cognate Etymology 盖泽尔铭文 ʿṣd pšt "捆扎亚麻"：修订阿拉伯语同源词词源学

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae012

Mila Neishtadt

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Serialism in regressive voicing assimilation: The case of heterorganic obstruent clusters in Modern Hebrew 倒退发声同化中的序列性：现代希伯来语中的异有机障碍音群案例

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae023

Mufleh Salem M Alqahtani

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The Grammar of Emotion Verbs in the Qurʾān: A Case Study of the verb xāfa 古兰经》中情感动词的语法：动词 xāfa 的案例研究

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae021

Yehudit Dror, Salam Saied, Bayan Amara

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Three Early Linguistic Layers in Haredi Hebrew 哈雷迪希伯来语的三个早期语言层次

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae015

Dina Sender

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Boris Liebrenz, Tēmōnit: Arab Traders in Their Own Words: Merchant Letters from the Eastern Mediterranean Around 1800 Boris Liebrenz，Tēmōnit：阿拉伯商人自述：1800 年前后来自东地中海的商人信件

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae011

Mohamed Ahmed

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William A. Ross and Elizabeth Robar (EDS), Linguistic Theory and the Biblical Text 威廉-A.-罗斯和伊丽莎白-罗巴（EDS），《语言学理论与圣经文本

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgae010

Larry James Kraskevich

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