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- 1 2 3 4 5 Robar, Elizabeth (2013). "Nunation". In Geoffrey Khan (ed.). Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (pre-pub offprint). Leiden: Brill – via Academia.
- ↑ see Leningrand Codex with Morphology, where the paragogic nun is represented by "/Sn". Genesis: 12 occurrences, Exodus: 28, Leviticus: 0, Numbers: 8, Deuteronomy: 58.
- 1 2 Kaufman, Stephen A. 194X- (1995). "Paragogic nun in Biblical Hebrew: Hypercorrection as a Clue to a Lost Scribal Practice". Solving Riddles and Untying Knots: 95.
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- ↑ W. Randall Carr (2006). Steven Ellis Fassberg, Avi Hurvitz (ed.). The Paragogic nun in Rhetorical Perspective, in Biblical Hebrew in Its Northwest Semitic Setting: Typological and Historical Perspectives. Eisenbrauns. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-57506-116-0.
- ↑ Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000-11-28). A Phoenician-Punic Grammar. BRILL. p. 183. ISBN 978-90-04-29420-2.
- ↑ Greenspahn, Frederick E. (2003). An Introduction to Aramaic. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-58983-059-2.
- ↑ Harris, Zellig Sabbettai (1990). A Grammar of the Phoenician Language. American Oriental Society. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-940490-08-6.
- ↑ Greenspahn, Frederick E. (2003). An Introduction to Aramaic. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-58983-059-2.