1. Correct. The letters ו ב פ are "interchangeable". Consider the
triplet
שבע שוע שפע
2. The act עוה AWAH 'distort, deviate', is a variant of עבה
ABAH , 'thick, big'.
The letter I is thin, but the devious letters O and U are thick. The
acts כפף 'bend'
and גבב GBB (in the HB only GAB), 'pileup', are one and the same.
3. The description of feelings or states of consciousness is
difficult, but I don't
think that תועבה "comes from" a show of twisted face. The word
כיסופים KIYSUPIYM,
'longings' as in Ge. 31:30 has nothing to do with כסף 'money'.
4. The root B of תועבה TOEBAH means 'be, come', referring to a
sensation. I mentioned
this before. The act בא BA is commonly used in spoken Hebrew to
denote desire: BA LIY
LIROT SERET בא לי לראות סרט 'I would rather see a movie'.
5. The words אב 'father', and עב 'cloud', come both from the root
B, 'big, large'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Mar 25, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:
as to a possible root, i suggest (WH, (WYT (twisted his face, show
disgust)
and (WWN (sin, stray) though the passage from W to B may be a bit
forced.
but consider for example NWL, NW)L and NBL, $WL(YM) and $WBL,
$W+ and $B+, GW and GB, GW$ and GB$/GWY$, maybe $RWWL-SRBL,
where this transition took place.
but also see the word (B (cloud), H(YB (obscured).
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