the problem with isaac fried is that he attributes to hebrew words an etymology which is immutable. thus, if he considers that AL/EL meant "up", at some point of time, immediately is excludes the possibility of AL/EL also to mean "power, strength", perhaps in a different subculture or epoch, or even one word as a derivation of the other.
actually, there is a natural etymological association between both pairs "power vs god" and "god vs up", hence by association "power vs up". nir cohen _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
