[b-hebrew] what is SPYR ?
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Thu May 15 14:54:34 EDT 2008
Yaakov,
Yes. Very reasonably R' Akiba's SAPIR=white, granulated [as being
composed of a CIBUR or SIPUR [otherwise, a CIBUR of words] of gems]
marble polished to a high sheen. He, who is known to have paid great
attention to the language, may have read LBNT as LEBENAT or LIBNAT.
The word K-MA-(ASEH in Exodus 24:10 indicates that reference is to
something compounded or made.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On May 15, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Yaakov Stein wrote:
>> Assuming that SAPIR is a native Hebrew word, then its root is SPR
>
> I would say that it is related to $PYR, meaning beautiful.
>
>> I don't know if what he said was before or after his visit to Rome
>
> Since Ben Azai and Ben Zoma were already his colleagues and not his
> students,
> I would guess the story is rather late in Akiba's life.
> His travels (to Babylonia and to Rome) were at the request of
> Gamliel of
> Yavne.
>
>> Technically speaking, the W-TAXAT RAGLAYW of Exodus 24:10 is, in my
> opinion, 'below his feet', not 'under his feet'
>
> Absolutely agree.
>
> So have we broken the code ? Did Akiba translate SPYR as marble ?
> I am still unsure, but don't have any other explanation.
>
>
> Yaakov (J) Stein
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