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Internal Temporal Structure of the Biblical Hebrew Verb: A Case Study of Lexical Aspect in the Verb yd' 《圣经》希伯来语动词的内部时间结构——以yd’动词的词汇体为例

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9275

Jun-ichi Sato

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Expressing the Day of the Month in Biblical Hebrew: A Diachronic Perspective 用圣经希伯来语表达月中的一天:历时的观点

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9375

Adina Moshavi

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Niphalisation in Ancient Hebrew: A Perspective from the Samaritan Tradition 古希伯来文的尼法化:撒玛利亚传统的视角

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9207

Aaron Hornkohl

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Morphology and Markedness: On Verb Switching in Hebrew Poetry 形态学与标记性：论希伯来语诗歌中的动词转换

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9322

Elizabeth Robar

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The Significance of Three Methods of Grouping Biblical Hebrew Text Portions 《圣经》希伯来文文本部分分组的三种方法的意义

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9320

A. Forbes

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Israelian Hebrew, Inscriptions from the North of Israel, and Samaritan Hebrew: A Complex of Northern Dialects 以色列希伯来语，来自以色列北部的铭文，撒玛利亚希伯来语:北方方言的综合体

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9719

Gary A. Rendsburg

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The Varieties of DSS Hebrew as Reflected in Two Syntactic Traits, and the Sociolinguistic Situation Underlying the Qumran Hebrew Variety 从两个句法特征看DSS希伯来语的变体及库姆兰希伯来语变体的社会语言学状况

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9325

M. Colasuonno

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Free Forms of Address and the Cases of Expressive Shift in Biblical Hebrew 《圣经》希伯来语中的自由称呼形式和表达转换案例

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9297

Young Bok Kim

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Reported Direct Speech in the Hebrew Bible and in the Andersen-Forbes Morphology and Syntax Database 《希伯来圣经》和安徒生-福布斯词法句法数据库中的间接引语

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9319

Ulf Bergström

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The Noun ’îš in Ancient Hebrew: A Marker of Essential Participation 古希伯来语中的名词“<e:1>”:本质参与的标志

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/9321

David E. S. Stein

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