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mp.
fp.
Table 2 - Changes in the Noun from PH to TH - Possible Special Cases
*PH
(c. 1200 BCE)
*/nikbaˈdati/
*/nikbaˈdūma/
*/nikbaˈdīma/
*/nikbaˈdōtu/
*/nikbaˈdōta/
*/nikbaˈdōti/
EBHP
*/EBHP/
/EBHP/+ *[EBHP]
(c. 850-550 BCE)
*/nikbaˈdῑm/
*[nɪkbɐˈdiːm]
*/nikbaˈdōt/
*[nɪkbɐˈdoːt]
PTH
*/PTH/
+ *[PTH]
(c. 400 CE)
*/nikbaːˈdῑm/
*/nikbaːˈdōt/
TH
/TH/ + *[TH]
(c. 850 CE)
*[nixbɔːˈðɔː]
י ים
‏ˈד
דִ‏ נִ‏ כְ‏ בָּ‏ םִ‏ /nikbåˈdim/
*[nixbɔːˈðiːm]
‏ˈדדדד וֺתוֺתוֺתוֺת נִ‏ כְ‏ בָּ‏
/nikbåˈdot/
*[nixbɔːˈðoːθ]
Comments
feminine and plural
forms, */a/ > /aː/
due to pretonic
lengthening, , i.e.
c. 300 BCE.
B
This is
the option I will use
in EBHP
transcriptions.
ms.
fs.
*/nikˌbad/
*/nikbaˌdat/
*/nikˌbad/
*[nɪkˌbɐd]
*/nikbaˌdat/
*[nɪkbɐˌdɐt]
*/nikˌbad/
*/nikbəˌdat/
נִ‏ כְ‏ ˌ בּד־ַ‏
/nikˌbad/
*[nixˌbɐːð]
נִ‏ כְ‏ בְּ‏ ‏ˌדַ‏ ת־
כבד√‏
'hon-
ored of'
/nikbəˌdat/
*[nixbəˌðɐːθ]
du.
mp.
*/nikbaˌdā/
*/nikbaˌday/
*/nikbaˌdū/
*/nikbaˌdῑ/
*/nikbaˌday/
[nɪkbɐˌdɐy] or
[nɪkbɐˌdɛy]
*/nikbəˌdê/
‏ˌדֵ‏ י ־ נִ‏ כְ‏ בְּ‏
/nikbəˌdẹ/
*[nixbəˌðẹː]
Construct
fp.
*/nikbaˌdōt/
*/nikbaˌdōt/
*[nɪkbɐˌdoːt]
*/nikbəˌdōt/
‏ˌד וֺת־ נִ‏ כְ‏ בְּ‏
/nikbəˌdot/
*[nixbəˌðoːθ]
ms.
*/nikˈbadu/
*/nikˈbada/
*/nikˈbadi/
*/nikˈbaːd/
*[nɪkˈbaːd]
*/nikˈbaːd/
ˈ בָּבּדָבּדָבּדָ‏ ד נִ‏ כְ‏
כבד√‏
'honor-
able, hon-
/nikˈbåd/
*[nixˈbɔːð]
ored'
fs.
*/nikbaˈdatu/
*/nikbaˈdata/
*/nikbaˈdati/
*/nikbaːˈdâ/
*[nɪkbaːˈdɐː]
*/nikbaːˈdâ/
‏ˈדָ‏ דההההָדָדָ‏ נִ‏ כְ‏ בָּ‏
/nikbåˈdå/
*[nixbɔːˈðɔː]
Assumes that in
Biblical Hebrew
H
grammatical
mp.
*/nikbaˈdūma/
*/nikbaˈdῑma/
*/nikbaːˈdῑm/
*[nɪkbaːˈdiːm]
י ים */nikbaːˈdῑm/
‏ˈד
דִ‏ נִ‏ כְ‏ בָּ‏ םִ‏ /nikbåˈdim/
analogy in which fs,
mp., fp. forms