[Heb-NACO] Me-hamat or Mehamat

[Jasmin Nof]

Great question!  I would think that since under the compound-word entry 
(mehamat) it specifies that it is a combination of min and hamat (dot 
under H) that it would be divided as a little word.  Also, just based on 
typography of the base word (hamat, dot under H) entry, me-hamat is a 
common usage of the word, but not the base word itself.

(But is the parenthetical note following the base-word entry, which 
indicates that the base word is only found with the prefix, a strong 
enough argument for considering the compound-word to be a base word?)

I yield to Joan and the collective wisdom of the group.

Jasmin

Jasmin Nof
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On 7/25/2012 1:51 PM, Galron, Joseph wrote:
>
> This question is just to clarify the issue of "Little words" (Paul 
> Maher: Hebraica Cataloging, 1987 -- p. 21)
>
> I noticed that we have two records on OCLC for the little book of 
> poetry by Hagit Sabag 
> <http://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/02211.php> ???? ???????
>
> In one record it was transcribed as Me-hamat kisufim (a dot under the 
> H) and in the second record as Mehamat kisufim (again, a dot under the H)
>
> Checking Even Shoshan -- the are two entries: one is under ??? and one 
> is under  ????
>
> Which form is more correct (when it comes to Romanization)
>
> Yossi
>
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