Nir: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. <[email protected]>wrote:
> uri, > > 1. as i say, at least one of these words is biblical: $LHBT, which, given > the > parallel form LHBH, in my mind is a clear indication of a remnant > $F(L form in BH. > These look like a contraction of $ + LHBT for )$R LHBT > > 2. another possible source is SHIRAT DVORAH (jud 5) where you find (D > $QMTY which can be interpreted as the $-form of the root QM (though > this can be debated, of course). masorah did not point this word > with segol as one might expect, indicating they might have considered it > this way too. > This is a contraction of $ + QMTY for )$R QMTY. > > 3. i do recognize at least one of the other words i mention in > arabic: $XRWR = TXRYR. i am not sure, though, whether any one of these > derives > as a direct borrowing on the other. if, then, $XRWR does not come > from arabic, or aramaic, then its source might be biblical or even > canaanite-pre-biblical. but then i find intriguing the question: how did it > find its way to modern hebrew without leaving a biblical trace. it is about > this issue that i hoped to get some input from the experts on b-hebrew. > Where is this found in Tanakh? > > 4. feel free to ignore my remarks on non-biblical words. i just wonder why > this bothers you so much, at the same time that much of the discussion in > b-hebrew is dedicated to the way YHWH was written, or spoken, in late greek > translations and in 1st century jewish communities, a clearly post-biblical > topic, not to mention, polemic. > I’m not part of that. > > best > nir cohen > > Karl W. Randolph.
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