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Document Details : Title: Quelques phénomènes grammaticaux en hébreu mishnique Author(s): BAR-ASHER, Moshe Journal: Revue des Études Juives Volume: 149 Issue: 3-4 Date: juillet-décembre 1990 Pages: 351-367 DOI: 10.2143/REJ.149.3.2012735 Abstract : We discuss in this article three linguistic phenomena of Mishnaic Hebrew that have been preserved in old manuscript or in the oral traditions. 1) Niphal Participle III-y. There is evidence of two forms: nip'e and nip'ā. We have found four traditions: a. One tradition maintains both nip'e and nip'ā without any difference in meaning or function. b. The tradition preserved in MS Parma-B distinguishes between nip'e functioning as a nominal participle and nip'ā functioning as a verbal participle. c. nip'ā has become the dominant form in one tradition. These three traditions - a, b, c - reflect the eastern branch of Mishnaic Hebrew. d. The traditions reflecting the western branch of Mishnaic Hebrew (attested in Italian manuscripts or Leghorn edition) preserve nip'e; nip'ā is consistently found in only one word - na'asā. 2) The participle pi''ūl, which serves as passive participle of Qal alongside pā'ūl, is preserved only in old manuscripts. Frequently the form pi''ūl is corrected to pā'ūl, e.g., limmūd > lāmūd. 3) yābeš, which is the Qal participle of ybš, occurs once in the Mishna with the meaning yabbāšā. This phenomenon can be seen only in reliable manuscripts; the form has been corrected to yabbāšā in unreliable manuscripts and printed editions of the Mishna. |
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