I am sorry, but in my humble opinion, "proto-Semitic" is a legend. A
very deep Ayin may indeed come close to a G or even an R.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Dec 9, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
Sorry, these are two different roots. The first is
indeed (LM.
The second is derived from the root GHayin LM.
The proto-Semitic Ghayin was written already in the
ancient paleo-Hebrew script with the same letter that
served the letter (YIN.
Compare the name of the city (azah. To this day
the ancient pronounciation is preserved in the English
spelling Ghaza, and, of course, in normal Arabic
spoken and written use where it retains a separate letter.
Uri Hurwitz Greay Neck, NY
As I have already observed the word OLAM ( עולם ) is of the root
(LM ( עלם ), which certainly can not mean 'hidden, secrete,
conceal'. To wit: this is also the root of ELEM and ALMAH ( עלם,
עלמה ), 'young adults', which are not hidden, and have nothing to
hide.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
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