Phonetic Variance of /d/ and /r/ in Hebrew in Late Antiquity
A common type of textual variant in Hebrew is the alternation of ד and ר. Such variance has traditionally been attributed to scribes and confined to the written layer of transmission. However, given the articulatory proximity of /d/ and /r/, orally-induced variance should also be considered. I prese...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 395-415 |
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| Summary: | A common type of textual variant in Hebrew is the alternation of ד and ר. Such variance has traditionally been attributed to scribes and confined to the written layer of transmission. However, given the articulatory proximity of /d/ and /r/, orally-induced variance should also be considered. I present several instances in Hebrew and Aramaic, where the context suggests that the two letters were confused in speech. This in turn sheds light on two other matters: first, it offers a new point of view for examining the question of the two allophones of /r/ reported in the Tiberian Masoretic tradition, seemingly in support of Aron Dotan’s view on the matter; second, it removes one of the difficulties raised against Yaacov Sussman’s theory about the orality of the Mishna in the Amoraic period, by reducing a scribal variant (צוערי/סועדי) to a phonetic one. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgac011 |