The root NXL, is a member of the root family
נגל, נהל, נחל, נכל, *נקל
all essentially meaning 'spread over, include'. So the verb (or noun)
NAXAL may refer to water spreading over the earth, or, equally well,
to people coming to live on it. Such apparent diversity of meanings
for words sharing the same root is common in Hebrew.
In any event, I believe that L means 'elevation', a meaning imparted
to every root containing L.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 18, 2010, at 11:54 AM, fred burlingame wrote:
And so we have:
ויעלו עד נחל אשכול ויראו את הארץ
ויניאו את לב בני ישראל לבלתי בא אל
הארץ אשר
נתן להם יהוה
numbers 32:9;
and
לא נשוב אל בתינו עד התנחל בני ישראל
איש נחלתו
numbers 32:18
The three letter word נחל encodes two widely different meanings
in these
verses. The message of "stream valley" emerges in the first verse.
And the
meaning of "inherit" or "possess" appears communicated by the second.
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