Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 03/01/2007 22:57, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
> ...
> > (Actually, CW is the imperative form of the verb CWH which the author
> > may have used here for its poetic effect, though it is also a
> > legitimate noun derivation from CWH.)
> >     
>
> The root XWH has the noun XY, not XW.  Can you give other examples of
> how this noun is derived from similar roots?
>
>   
What root XWH? BDB lists three such roots: XWH as a Phoenician variant 
of XYH; XWH for "tent-village"; and XWH meaning "tell, declare". None 
have a derived noun XY. I think you are thinking of the root XYH "live". 
While "hollow" verbs with W and Y are sometimes interchangeable, I don't 
think they are here.

CW is found not only in Isaiah 28:10,13, but also in Hosea 5:11, 
although ancient translations suggest an original reading $W)

As for similarly derived words, there is of course QW which is not just 
a nonsense word but a common word "measuring line" and, at least 
according to BDB, derived from the root QWH. Then there is GW "back", 
probably from GWH, and TW "mark", probably from TWH, also WW "hook". 
Even if you don't accept the derivations, this at least shows that 
monosyllables ending with vav could be real words, not just nonsense 
syllables.

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