Abstract
Following a rather complex and somewhat controversial reconstruction process,Wexler (1990) claims that “genetically speaking,” Modern Hebrew is in fact not a Semitic language, but rather a Slavic one. One of the pieces of evidence he brings forth for the “latent non-Semitic traits” of the language is the derivation of xaver ‘friend’ > hitxaver ‘befriended, became friend,’ rather than the expected hitxaber (an independent item meaning ‘joined, intr.’). Since by definition, all verb forms are discontinuously derived in a Semitic language, this type of linear derivation, Wexler argues, betrays the underlying non-Semitic nature of Modern Hebrew.
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