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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Chris Watts <dekruidnootjes AT eircom.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] To Bless and Pools of Water
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:28:36 -0400

You may ponder further the relationship between מקוה מים MIQWEH MAYIM,
'pool of water', as in Gen. 1:10, and תקוה TIQWAH, 'hope', as in Hos. 2:17, and Job 11:20.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 28, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Chris Watts wrote:

Dear all, is there any tentative connection between the word:
ברך and ברכה (bless and pools respectively)? I remember
very long ago reading an article by a Rabbi (name forgotten) who made
a distinct an interesting case for the fact that Bless was not the
root but that bless came from the idea of a collection of water, this
latter concept being the root. It is because I can not find any
references to this idea that I am asking board members for their
qualified input, also I have read that the noun 'Knee' gave rise to
the verbal idea? Again am not able to access any reliable sources
about this. And thankyou in advance.

Chris Watts
Ireland



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