Wow,
Isaac and I agree - except the evolution is RWX to RWK.
David Kolinsky
Monterey CA
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From: Isaac Fried <[email protected]>
To: Stewart Felker <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] What exactly is the semantic overlap between רוח as (1)
'breathe, blow' and (2) 'to be wide, spacious'?
RAX is a variant of RAK רך 'soft, pliable, yielding, tender, spreadable',
as in Prov. 25:15. It is related to ערך ARAK, 'array, arrange', ארוך AROK,
'long', ארוכה ARUKAH, 'relief' (as in Is. 58:8), and ארוחה ARUXAH, 'meal'.
From RX we have רוח RUAX, 'wind', ריח REYAX, 'smell', and רחים REXAYIM,
'millstones'.
Language is capable of expressing the negative only via the positive:
nothing = no-thing. Thus, RAWAX is, 'relax, loosen, be free of pressure'.
Related to this are:
RAXAB רחב 'wide'.
RARAQ רחק 'spread out'
RAXA$ רחש 'seethe, swarm'
RAXAC רחץ 'wash'
RAXAM רחם 'mercy, compassion'
RAXAP רחף 'hover', as in Gen. 1:2.
Also
RAKAB רכב 'mount, ride, combine'
RAKAS רכס 'assemble'
RAKA$ רכש 'acquired'
and
RAQAB רקב 'rotted'
RAQAD רקד 'danced'
RAQAM רקם 'stitched'
and many more of the form #RX, #RK and #RQ.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Stewart Felker wrote:
There's also רֶוַח, as 'relief' - I'm assuming the overlap here would be in the
same sense that we say 'having space' (or 'breathing easy'). But what exactly
is the connection between 'wind, breath', etc. and being 'wide, spacious'?
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