Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Yigal:

Lisowski listed them as being from the same root, but doesn't hazard a 
definition for the unused root. It would make sense if the root has something 
to do with family or household life, but that is just a guess.

Karl W. Randolph.

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

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone think that there might be a connection between the 
> words $pxh (shifxah - a female slave or "handmaiden", more or less 
> the same as "amah") and m$pxh (mishpaxah - an extended family, clan 
> or phratry)? What is know about the etymology of the two words?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Yigal
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