S3E3 - Biblical Hebrew Can Bounce

Have you ever thought that Bible characters must be pretty boring and formal?  That maybe they were always serious and made speeches?  There actually may be a few reasons for that, and we'll explore a few in today's episode, including how the Hebrew verb system isn't as fun sounding as English speakers might accidentally expect it to be.

 

Resources for this episode:

“The change in Hebrew from a V-framed to an S-framed language” by Malka Rappaport Hovav, Hebrew University
Biblingo Podcast: Foundations of Lexical Semantics with Malka Rappaport Hovav, Sept 8, 2021 episode.

The Article About Turkish/English Verbs and Sign Language

 

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