Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Yigal:

The opposite of war is not $LWM but SL+ (look at the book of Judges), which 
is actually closer to $LH in linguistic variation than $LWM, therefore more 
likely to be from a proto-Scmitic source. $LWM actually has the idea of 
fullness, and the modern definition of peace comes as a derivitive of 
fullness (you can’t have fullness during war).

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
> 
> 
> > Chris:
> >
> > The two words are from different roots:
> >
> > $LWM from the root $LM
> >
> > SLWH is from an irregular root that was either SLH (which is how the verb
> is listed) or SLW.
> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.
> 
> Karl,
> 
> Of course you mean $LWH, $LH and $LW. And you may be right, but Chris may be
> on to something. The sonants M and W are often interchanged, usually between
> languages or dialects - such as the name of the god Shamash/Shawash, or the
> month Warxa$manu ("eighthmonth") becoming Marxe$wan. In this case, the roots
> $LM and $LW have similar meanings - could they both be derived from the same
> "Proto-Semitic" (or whatever) source?
> 
> Yigal
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