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  • From: "Ishnian" <ishinan AT comcast.net>
  • To: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The root ZZ
  • Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 22:16:41 -0500

Not the last time I consulted The Brown -Driver- Briggs Hebrew and English
Lexicon p. 738 # 5810. I could still read very clearly the Hebrew definition
of `zz as: Strength, mighty, and strong:-)

Ishinan Ishibashi

Ps. Do you have a problem with this particular dictionary, if so, can you
explain?

----- Original Message -----
From: Isaac Fried
To: Ishnian
Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 9:30 PM
Subject: The root ZZ


It is all English, not Hebrew.


The root ZZ is a variant of
דד DD, זז ZZ, סס SS, צץ CC, שש $$, 'extend'.

From ZZ we have the מזוזה MZUZAH, 'doorpost', of Deut 6:9.
Also the זיז ZIYZ, 'nipple, protrusion', of Is. 66:11.
From CC we have the ציץ CIYC, 'bud', of Nu. 17:23(8),
and the ציצית CIYCIT of Nu. 15:38.


עז AZ is related to אז 'is' as in Gen. 12:6. Also to אץ AC, 'accelerate',
as in Prov. 28:20. Also to אט AT, 'decelerate', as in Is. 8:6.


Isaac Fried, Boston University


On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Ishnian wrote:


Isaac Fried wrote: No Hebrew root can mean 'might' or 'strength', but
'up,
on' is good.


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Ishinan : What about the following :-)


5794 `az strong, vehement, harsh:--fierce, + greedy, mighty, power,
roughly, strong.




5797 `oz ; from '`azaz' ; strength in various applications (force,
security,
majesty, praise):--boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.




5810 `azaz primitive root; to be stout (literally or
figuratively):--harden,
impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.




EXAMPLES:


Neh 9:11, And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went
through the midst of the sea on the dry land;and their persecutors thou
threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the 'mighty' waters.




Psa 59:3, For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the 'mighty' are
gathered
against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.




Isa 43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path
in
the 'mighty' waters;






Ishinan Ishibashi


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