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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: David Kolinsky <yishalom AT sbcglobal.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 3 letter root preceeded by two
  • Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:03:10 -0500

I am sorry, but in my haste my previous mail just escaped from under my fingers.
In my opinion there is no "third sound" and no "precision element". It is the single-consonant root R which gives the root the sense of scattering. We have already talked about it here, and if I correctly recall it, I listed all the Hebrew roots containing R. You may want to look for it. I don't think that a Hebrew root can carry the idea of "absence", nor of "poverty".

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:11 AM, David Kolinsky wrote:

Dear all,

I was reading the wikipedia entry on arabic and came across this curious tidbit, any comments?


"With research scientists realized that the triconsonantal root consists
of: 1) two beginning sounds - a rootcell and 2) the third sound which is
a precision element. I.e.: the rootcell f-r has the meaning of scattering in space. Then, f-r-g means cleaving, f-r-d - making separate, f-r-s - tearing to pieces; the rootcell f-q means the main idea of absence, so: f-q-d means loosing, f-q-r means poverty and so on. "

Shavua Tov,

David Kolinsky
Monterey, CA

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