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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] KPR
  • Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:06:32 -0500

1. The problem is not with not having an etymology "that we can analyze", but with knowing what you mean by "etymology".

2. A root does not refer to action.

3. The root כפר KPR is also of כפיר KPIYR, 'lion', (Is. 11:6.)

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 27, 2012, at 7:23 PM, K Randolph wrote:

Strictly speaking, we don’t have an etymology that we can analyze, so the most accurate way of describing the relationship is to say that they came from a common root, referring to the action of covering.




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