03-04-2015, 01:26 AM
Hi Searcher,
Regarding the -n- prefix for the Imperfect .... Apparently you've never heard of (let alone, read) the Xanthos Stele inscription in Turkey from the 8th century BC ?
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If you can read it, please explain the n-hwy verb used there.
Or the Deir Alla inscription from Jordan (9th century BC)? If you can read that, please explain the n-)nx verb used there.
Please do research for yourself and not rely on dated and incorrect information. The attestation of the -n- prefix (along with the -y-) for the Imperfect is a dialectical variant found in several ancient (and, modern) Aramaic dialects. You absolutely cannot date the Peshitta by its use of the Imperfect -n- vs the -y-.
The inscriptions of Old Syriac you find with the -y- prefix were influenced by Imperial (Literary Standard) Assyrian and Achaemenid Aramaic. Many inscriptions were made to that literary standard.
To date a manuscript simply by the shift of the -n- from -y- 3rd-person Imperfect prefix is rather simplistic, and not very accurate.
+Shamasha
Regarding the -n- prefix for the Imperfect .... Apparently you've never heard of (let alone, read) the Xanthos Stele inscription in Turkey from the 8th century BC ?
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If you can read it, please explain the n-hwy verb used there.
Or the Deir Alla inscription from Jordan (9th century BC)? If you can read that, please explain the n-)nx verb used there.
Please do research for yourself and not rely on dated and incorrect information. The attestation of the -n- prefix (along with the -y-) for the Imperfect is a dialectical variant found in several ancient (and, modern) Aramaic dialects. You absolutely cannot date the Peshitta by its use of the Imperfect -n- vs the -y-.
The inscriptions of Old Syriac you find with the -y- prefix were influenced by Imperial (Literary Standard) Assyrian and Achaemenid Aramaic. Many inscriptions were made to that literary standard.
To date a manuscript simply by the shift of the -n- from -y- 3rd-person Imperfect prefix is rather simplistic, and not very accurate.
+Shamasha