1. It is not clear to me what you mean by "actual word". The Hebrew
word = root +identity markers (personal pronouns).
2. the root of AB, 'father', is B ( עב ), 'big'. It is also the root
of ABEH ( עבה ), 'thick', BUAH ( בועה, אבעבועה ),
'bubble, inflation', and appears in BA-AL ( בעל ), 'master',
together with the other uni-consonantal root L ( על ), 'elevation'.
3. I am not worried of falling into the "trap of etymological furor".
If you think carefully about what I am saying you will also come to
he conclusion that it can not be otherwise.
4. Identity markers are personal pronouns or universal (temporary)
names.
5. The TA of TALMUD, 'learning', (from the root LMD), is the personal
pronoun ATAH (אתה ), while the internal U is the personal pronoun
HU ( הוא ), both referring to the thing itself. Recall that I said
that the attached (or inserted) personal pronouns are not the
detached ones. Similarly, we have NICAB ( ניצב ), 'perpendicular',
with an initial NI ( אני ), and MISHOR ( מישור ), 'plane',
with an initial MI ( מי ).
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 21, 2010, at 5:13 AM, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
From: "Isaac Fried" <[email protected]>
1. I think that what you mean by "vocabulary" is the root stock
of the Hebrew language. I believe that the multi-consonantal
Hebrew root is a merger of uni-consonantal roots.
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No the stock of roots is not the same as the vocabulary which is
made up of actual words (or maybe we can also include stems).
It's always fairly difficult to know what the speakers consider a
"root".
The hyper consonantic dismantling of Semitic languages is somewhat
artificial.
We can reconstruct words with their vowels, not just consonant roots.
Father is *)ab not just root *)b, a "root" that does not make much
sense in fact.
I suppose you mean "addition" of uni-consonantal roots rather than
fusion.
I don't think you can build a reasonable case for that theory.
You will probably fall in the trap of "etymological furor".
A.
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2. I don't "decree" anything, I merely express my belief that the
I and U (also E and O) sounds in the Hebrew word are identity
markers. The ancient Hebrews did not waste the I and U sounds
just for twitting and tutting like birds.
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What does "identity markers" mean?
A.
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3. The ancient Hebrews did not construct their language by means
of "prefixes", "infixes" and "suffixes".
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What is the t- of talmud then?
A.
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