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[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

    In the discussion of  'Almah one should keep in mind that this is one 
example of the change from proto-Semitic "ghayin" ( which disappeared in 
Hebrew, Phoenician etc.) into "'Ayin" , (YN. Other examples in BH are Ghaza, 
the city name that became 'Azah in BH, S(.)aghir, "small", became Tsa'ir, 
"young" in BH.
  'Almah is the F. of 'Elem in  BH which is the exact equivalent of Ghulam in 
Arabic, meaning a young man.
 
  Uri



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On 02/04/2005 16:36, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

>    In the discussion of  'Almah one should keep in mind that this is one 
> example of the change from proto-Semitic "ghayin" ( which disappeared in 
> Hebrew, Phoenician etc.) into "'Ayin" , (YN. Other examples in BH are 
> Ghaza, the city name that became 'Azah in BH, S(.)aghir, "small", became 
> Tsa'ir, "young" in BH.
>  'Almah is the F. of 'Elem in  BH which is the exact equivalent of Ghulam 
> in Arabic, meaning a young man.
> 
>  
>
And this Arabic root is not to be confused with the one underlying 
`aalam "world", starting with `ayin rather than ghayin, and which is 
supposed (at least by BDB) to be cognate with Hebrew `olam "eternity". 
In other words, the Arabic parallels give good evidence that there were 
at least two originally different Hebrew roots. Whether the Hebrew root 
`LM "conceal" is related to one of these two or is an original third 
root seems to be less certain.

-- 
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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