Here is an example, in Hebrew רע RA is 'bad, evil, frail, flimsy,
loose, shaky';
as the Hebrew nursery rhyme says:
אוי רע לי, רע לי, רע לי, כזאת עוד לא קרה לי
"Oi, I feel so bad, I feel so bad, I feel so bad, a thing like this
never
happened to me ..."
But רע REA is 'friend', (see Ps. 88:19). So, is REA a דבר רע a
bad thing?
Certainly not, except that רעות REUT, 'friendship', is a loose and
unfettered
association among free individuals. Such a relationship exists
להבדיל among
cows freely roaming רועות בשדה while grazing in a field.
Similarly, RAYON רעיון (see Qohelet 4:16) is an idea that roams
in the mind.
So, there is no "horizontal" relationship RA <–––> REA between
'evil' and 'friend',
yet they are both "vertical" offshoots, or outgrowths (so to speak)
of the same
uni-consonantal Hebrew root R, endowing both words with the same
fundamental
meaning of 'loose'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 29, 2012, at 7:00 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:
Isaac,
Sorry I am only a physician, not a mathematician.
Please explain with some examples.
David Kolinsky
Monterey, CA
From: Isaac Fried <[email protected]>
To: David Kolinsky <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, November 29, 2012 3:58:50 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] head and see
They are all interconnected "vertically" via the roots.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:50 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:
Isaac,
Furthermore, if there is no such thing as "come from" in Hebrew
then how are any of the words in your etymological scheme, which
is as extensive as mine, at all connected?
David Kolinsky
Monterey, CA
From: Isaac Fried <[email protected]>
To: David Kolinsky <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, November 29, 2012 3:28:04 PM
Subject: head and see
In my opinion there is no such thing in Hebrew as "comes from".
One word does not "come from" another word. If ראש RO$, 'head',
"comes from" ראה RAAH, 'see', then by this plan of things
רעש RAA$, 'rattle', "comes from" רעה RAAH, 'pasture'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 29, 2012, at 1:52 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:
ראש meaning head comes from ראה meaning "the place of seeing"
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