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Re: Hebrew philology (somewhat off topic)

From: Bearpecs AT aol.com
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Hebrew philology (somewhat off topic)
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 02:50:23 EDT

In a message dated 8/4/01 9:59:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
06peterson AT cua.edu writes:

Does anyone
know the Hebrew equivalent(s) of "philology," "philologist," etc.?

According to "The Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary" by Reuben Alcalay,
philologist is "balshan" and philology "balshanut". These Hebrew words are
also translated as linguist/linguistics and etymologist/etymology.
Interestingly, "bilshen" is a verb meaning philologize. An alternative to
"balshan", of course, is -- you guessed it -- "filolog".
Hayyim

Hebrew philology (somewhat off topic), Trevor & Julie Peterson, 08/04/2001
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