User talk:Van Gulik

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Hello, Van Gulik and Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking

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Hi. Per WP:SIGLINK, your signature should contain a link to your user page or user talk page - not Robert van Gulik, a mainspace article. Please change it. Thanks. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 18:39, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

On your userpage, you write: "Please notify me if any pages which you think I would be interested in are in need of attention". So, I think you might be interested in my response to your comment here. 77.124.12.169 (talk) 12:29, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Are there any sandhi rules in biblical Hebrew? Do changes in vowel pointing constitute as 'sandhi'? Again, thank you for your response.Van Gulik (talk) 14:34, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not only changes in vowel pointing, but also changes in consonants. e.g.

The consonants b,d,g,k,p,t, become v,the,gh,kh,f,thaw, after vowels (providing that those consonants are not "doubled");
In some well-defined phonetic conditions, the consonant ת in Pre-biblical texts - becomes ט in biblical texts (e.g. in the word הִצְטַעֵר, and likewise);
The consonant cluster NP in ancient biblical texts (e.g. in the word לִנְפּוֹל i.e. LiNPoL - as appearing in Psalms), becomes PP in biblical prose (e.g. לִפּוֹל i.e. LiPPoL);
In some well-defined phonetic conditions, the consonant H in ancient biblical texts, is omitted in biblical prose (e.g. the word בהשמים i.e. BHaSHaMaYiM - as appearing in Psalms, becomes בשמים i.e. BaSHaMaYiM - in the biblical prose texts);
And the like.

77.127.87.159 (talk) 19:31, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]