[b-hebrew] Interchangeable Letters
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Tue Oct 23 15:37:14 EDT 2007
Jim,
The root SRX means 'sprawl'. This, in my estimation, is also the
basic meaning of the kindred root SRK [and many more such as ZRX,
YRX, CRX, etc. etc.]. So the SARKIN of Daniel 6:3 are the people
arrayed [sprawled] by the king. In this sense SARAK is an extension
of SAR, 'prince', a person in the entourage of the king.
The word SAR [with sin] is a variant of DAR, ZAR, SAR, CAR, TAR.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Oct 23, 2007, at 2:43 PM, JimStinehart at aol.com wrote:
>
> Isaac Fried:
> There seems to be no known etymology of carek/samech-resh-kaf at
> Daniel 6:
> 2-4, 6-7, meaning "emir": an Eastern minister with an extensive
> domain of
> governance. Carach/samech-resh-het (Exodus 26: 12) literally
> means "to extend
> (even to excess)". The meanings seem somewhat related. Might
> there be some
> relationship between these two words, if the sound of kaf was
> somewhat similar
> to the sound of het in Biblical Hebrew?
> Thanks so much for the nice examples you have supplied where kaf may
> arguably be semi-interchangeable with het on occasion in Biblical
> Hebrew. All I was
> looking for was a sound similar enough to support a pun in
> Biblical Hebrew,
> not actual interchangeability.
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois
>
>
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