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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] language level
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:22:54 -0500

The root XL is a member of the root family: GL, XL, KL, QL, GLL, HLL, XLL, KLL, QLL, of the basic sense of 'enclose, contain, include, collect, mount, pile up, put together'. It contains the single- consonant root L for elevation. The other root X is as in XAY, 'alive', or in AX, 'brother'.
We have from this root the words: XOL, 'sand dune', XALON, 'window', XALIYL, 'flute' (essentially a GALIYL or a M-XIL-AH enclosing an empty XALAL), XALAH, 'a shaped heap of baked dough', XEIL, 'bulwark, embankment', XAYIL, 'strength, substance, potency', MA-XOL, 'dance, moving around, moving collectively', MA-XAL-AH, 'illness, an ill inclusion, bending over'.
The three-consonant root is not God-given, and it stands to reason that the Hebrew language was not born complete with it.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 29, 2011, at 11:01 AM, fred burlingame wrote:

Hello all;

In deuteronomy 2:25, two instances of the two letter consonantal root
חל (chet lamed) appear.

strong's concordance iidentifies the two verbs by numbers 2490 and 2342,
respectively.

The first verb appears to mean "begin;" and the second, to
"twist" or "dance."

This usage prompts these questions.

1. Did the author grasp for these two words in proximity, by chance or by
intent?

2. Do the two words share a common two letter root; or are two letter roots
illusory?

3. If so, does the two letter consonantal root enjoy a single meaning?

Your comments are welcomed.

regards,

fred burlingame
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