An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... Hebrew , Arabic , Æthiopic , and Aramaic 1-3 Peculiarities of the Assyrian : the dialectic differences between Assyrian and Babylonian • How far Assyrian varied at different epochs , and in the mouths of the common people • • Notes to ...
... Hebrew , Arabic , Æthiopic , and Aramaic 1-3 Peculiarities of the Assyrian : the dialectic differences between Assyrian and Babylonian • How far Assyrian varied at different epochs , and in the mouths of the common people • • Notes to ...
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... dialects to which the Assyrian shows most affinity are the Hebrew and Phoenician . It agrees with these in its preservation of the sibilants ( 4 ) , which are not changed as in Aramaic , in its fuller expression of the vowels ( 1.
... dialects to which the Assyrian shows most affinity are the Hebrew and Phoenician . It agrees with these in its preservation of the sibilants ( 4 ) , which are not changed as in Aramaic , in its fuller expression of the vowels ( 1.
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... Hebrew , it has most affinities with Arabic . Like the latter , it retains the primitive case - endings of the nouns , though these in the later inscriptions have begun to lose their strict value ( 7 ) , and agrees with it in the ...
... Hebrew , it has most affinities with Arabic . Like the latter , it retains the primitive case - endings of the nouns , though these in the later inscriptions have begun to lose their strict value ( 7 ) , and agrees with it in the ...
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... Hebrew and not Hebrew from Assyrian . Obscure points in Hebrew lexicography have already been cleared up ( e.g. ny has been explained by Dr. Oppert as Assyrian istin , " one , " masculine ) . Even in the Persian period we get u - ta - h ...
... Hebrew and not Hebrew from Assyrian . Obscure points in Hebrew lexicography have already been cleared up ( e.g. ny has been explained by Dr. Oppert as Assyrian istin , " one , " masculine ) . Even in the Persian period we get u - ta - h ...
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... Hebrew must be classed Phoenician and Moabite ( as found in the inscriptions of Mesha ) . Phoenician agrees with Assyrian in the scanty use of an article and of waw conversivum , in the use of the participle for tenses , in the ...
... Hebrew must be classed Phoenician and Moabite ( as found in the inscriptions of Mesha ) . Phoenician agrees with Assyrian in the scanty use of an article and of waw conversivum , in the use of the participle for tenses , in the ...
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Accadian accent accusative Achæmenian period adjectives Æthiopic anacu aorist Aphel Arabic Aramaic Aryan Asiatic assimilated Assur-bani-pal Assyr Assyrian attached Babylonian become case-endings character Chinese cima cloth cognate languages compared concave verbs consonant denoted dental dialects DICTIONARY doubled dropped dual Edited enclitic English Ethiopic expressed F. J. FURNIVALL feminine termination genitive grammar guttural Hebrew Himyaritic Hincks IMPERATIVE instance interchange Iphteal Istaphal king letter masculine Ménant mimmation Niphal nomen mutati nomen permanentis nominative noun numerals omitted Oppert original Pael Palel participle passive Permansive person singular Phoenician Precative preceding prefix preposition present primitive pronunciation quadriliteral rare reduplication root Royal Royal Asiatic Society Sanskrit sarru second person second radical Semitic languages Sennacherib sentence sewed Shaphel sibilant side sometimes status constructus subjunctive substantive suffix sunuti syllabaries syllable tablets tense Text third personal pronoun Translated triliteral Turanian ultu vowel vulgar weakened word
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