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Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below

From: Rasmus Underbjerg Pinnerup <pinnerup AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 01:07:02 +0200

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 02:36:44 -0700, Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:
>So it is possible that "sky" goes back to something like "there
>water", but if so the naming must go back at least to proto-Semitic
>times - perhaps even to Adam in the garden!

I thought the standard etymology for »shamayim« was »mayim« (waters)
plus the causative prefix »sha-« known from related Semitic languages.
Has this etymology been rejected?

It seems to me, that if the etymology was »sham« + »mayim«, there
would be a problem in explaining why »shamayim« only has one m.

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Venlig hilsen,
Rasmus Underbjerg Pinnerup
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[b-hebrew] Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, david.kimbrough, 06/14/2004
- [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Dora Smith, 06/14/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Noam Eitan, 06/14/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Peter Kirk, 06/15/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Rasmus Underbjerg Pinnerup, 06/19/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Peter Kirk, 06/21/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Dora Smith, 06/21/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Peter Kirk, 06/21/2004
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Peter Kirk, 06/21/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below, Noam Eitan, 06/15/2004