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  • From: David Kolinsky <yishalom AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] PQH vs PTCh
  • Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:57:49 -0700 (PDT)

PTCh evolved from PTH, the soft Heh moved slightly forward and became more
course.  PTH also means to open, but in context it is more often than not a
behavioral open than a physical: 
to open wide (Pr20:19)
to be open to persuasion (Dt11:16)(Jb31:27) 
to be gullible (Jb5:2)(Hs7:11)
to persuade (piel)
(Ex22:15)(Jd14:15)(KI22:20,22)(Jr20:7)(Hs2:16)(Pr1:10;16:29)

PQCh has more of a sense of "to burst or pop open" because it evolved from
PWQ / (PQH) meaning:
to bring out (Pr8:35;12:2;18:22)
to pour out (one's soul) (Is58:10)
to bring out of oneself; find within oneself (Pr3:13)
(bring out of oneself) make an effort, to move (Jr10:4)

The similarities between the two are a case of CONVERGENT EVOLUTION found in
language and nothing more.

Sincerely,
David Kolinsky
Monterey California





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