[b-hebrew] chalal - perforate/pierce?
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Thu Sep 6 02:03:53 EDT 2007
La Fanga,
The root XLL is a member of the root family GLL, HLL, XLL, KLL, QLL,
all meaning in essence 'pile up up'. The letter G of, the typical,
GLL is the single-literal root appearing in full as the three-literal
root G)H, 'rise', see Exodus15:1, Ezekiel 47:5 and Job 8:11. The
letter L is the single-literal root appearing in full as the three-
literal root (LH, 'elevate', see Exodus 19:3, Joshua 2:8 and Proverbs
30:4. Thus GLL = G)H-(LH-(LH.
1. The act KALAL specifically means 'to include, to complete'. Thus
KLILAT YOPI of Lamentations 2:15, is 'beautiful to perfection'. The
useful newly introduced Hebrew word KLALI means 'general'. The
related act KALAH means 'to finish off, to terminate'.
2. The act GALAL specifically means 'to roll up, to roll over, to
pile up, to enfold', see Genesis 29:3. The word GAL means 'a pile of
stones, a mound, a wave', and GALGAL = GAL-GAL is 'a wheel', which is
indeed equally high all around. The GALIL of Songs 5:14 is 'a
cylinder', and that of Joshua 13:2 is 'a region'. The GALAL of
Ezekiel 4:15 is 'solid waste'. The useful newly introduced Hebrew
word GLULAH means 'pill'.
3. The act HALAL specifically means 'to heap up praise'.
4. The act KALAL means foremost 'to rise, to be convex' as it does in
Genesis 8:11. Its secondary meaning is 'to curse, to raise and heap
up deprecation, to pour out and roll over ill-wishes', see 1 Kings
2:8. The KALAL of Ezekiel 1:7 means 'solid' or 'alloyed'. I can not
see how it can mean 'burnished'.
5. The basic meaning of XALAL is also 'to include, to enclose, to
encompass, to comprise, to surround, to generate', except that the
enclosed may be here but empty space, as just pointed out by Shoshana
Walker. Thus XALON, 'window' is the cavity or the open space defined
by the surrounding wall, and such is the XALIL, 'flute', the
cylindrical [GALIL] hollow wind-pipe, and also the MXILAH [actually
MKILAH], 'tunnel', burrowed and included [GLULAH, KLULAH] in the
depth of the earth. XLL in the sense of 'profane' may mean 'devoid or
empty of merit'. Indeed, its opposite QD$, which is but a variant of
GD$, means 'packed solid with supreme value'. XALAL in the sense of
'cadaver', may mean 'rolled or bent over' or 'drained of life'.
Similarly 'MAXALAH', 'illness', may mean a lacuna or an ill inclusion.
In conclusion: MXOLAL of Isaiah 53:5 is certainly not 'pierced'.
For a more detailed discussion of these roots look up
www.hebrewetymology.com.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:14 AM, La Fanga wrote:
> I've heard that the word mechalal in Isaiah 53:5 can means pierced
> based on the Arabic cognate khalal which can mean to pierce/
> perforate/skewer. How correct is it to carry over the Arabic
> meaning of a homonymic word into Hebrew? I know that Arabic often
> helps us to understand archaic Hebrew words however I also know
> that not all words that sound alike are the same. Do the two words
> derive from the same semitic root so that it can be said they are
> the same in meaning? I checked an Arabic concordance and while the
> Arabic khalal can have a myraid of different meanings, the word
> seems to be used commonly in the sense of spoiling, corrupting, or
> other degeneration similar to the primary meaning of the Hebrew. So
> is it linguistically possible for mechalal to mean pierced as some
> claim? Thanks.
>
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