----- Original Message ----- From: Philip Hardy Sent: 08/07/12 09:43 PM To: Isaac Fried Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] baal
I am not convinced that the first B in BBL(בבל) is not a prefix added to בל. thus it would be "In Anxiety" or in Confusion and בעל might mean in elevating (self,or what should not be) is confusion. ----- Original Message ----- From: Isaac Fried Sent: 08/07/12 08:45 PM To: Philip Hardy Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] baal What is Bel? It is related (in Hebrew everything is interrelated) to the בול עץ BUL EC, 'block of wood', (not that the BAAL is made of a block of wood) of Is. 44:19. As to BABEL, as I have said before, a name need not be a word, and its parsing may be open to more than one interpretation. It is possibly related to TEL ABIYB of Ez. 3:15. The partition BABEL=BAB-EL, with BAB (recall the BAB-AT AYIN of Zec. 2:12) rendered 'door', so as to make BAB-EL = 'god's door', is cute. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Aug 7, 2012, at 4:18 PM, Philip Hardy wrote: Is word Baal related to Babel or Bel? Philip Hardy ----- Original Message ----- From: Isaac Fried Sent: 08/07/12 03:33 PM To: Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] baal In what sense is BAAL ( the Greek Appolo?) a "deity"? Is he "the master of the universe"? Isaac Fried, Boston University On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote: > as to "baal" the deity _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
