You should consider the possibility that the Hebrew root אזן is a member of the family of roots אדן, אזן אתן עדן, עטן, עשן essentially meaning 'extensive'. There is practically no "two unrelated things" when it comes to Hebrew roots.
Isaac Fried, Boston University On Jun 7, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Ishinan wrote: > Cooked up etymologies are sometimes awkward, though just about always > interesting to uncover. The B. Hebrew [`zn] here, is a classical > case of > concocting a simile of two unrelated things, in this instance such > as ears > and balance. > > PS. if any of you need to review the pertinent JPEGs of the data, > along > with the BDB entries discussed above, please contact me privately > and I will > oblige. > > Best regards > > Ishinan Ishibashi > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Best regards > > Ishinan Ishibashi > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > b-hebrew@lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list b-hebrew@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
