Object suffixes in Samaritan Aramaic from the first two books of Tibåt Mårqe and some considerations as to their development

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Abstract

This article surveys the ways of attaching object suffixes to verbal forms in the Aramaic portions of the first two books of the Samaritan Midrash collection called Tibåt Mårqe. Comparing the findings to the rules established for suffix attachment in the early and late versions of the Samaritan Targum this study provides another clue for linguistically dating these parts of Tibåt Mårqe to the early phase of Samaritan Aramaic. Furthermore, the distribution of the nota accusativi in Tibåt Mårqe suggests that those suffix forms affixed to the verbs with an additional t indeed developed from the analytical construction. The intrusion of imperfect type suffixes with n into the realm of the perfects probably started with the 1st person sg. and 3rd person pl. suffixes in late living Samaritan Aramaic, and was haphazardly extended to other suffixes when the language was no longer spoken.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)232-247
Number of pages16
JournalAncient Near Eastern Studies
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Nov 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Classics
  • Archaeology
  • History
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts
  • Archaeology
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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