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  • From: davidfentonism AT aim.com
  • To: peter AT qaya.org
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17
  • Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:14:51 -0400

Interesting, Peter. I would expect it some because the Aramaic and Egyptian
lanaguages derive from the pre-Babel Hebrew script. Thank you.

Shabbat Shalom,
David Fenton
-----Original Message-----
From: peter AT qaya.org

On 13/04/2007 15:43, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:
> Hello Peter:
>
> I must disagree that the word plays work outside of Hebrew (whatever >
> version) and I have been explicity been shown why not which is an >
> explanation beyond my ability to reproduce here except descriptively > as
> I have prior. Even in the Aramaic it is not the same. You can view > the
> Peshitta online (http://www.standardversion.org/index-aesv.php).
>
I can't speak for Aramaic, but I know that Arabic has all the following
words, not sure of all the spellings:

آدم 'âdam = "human being"; "Adam"
آدمة 'âdama(t) = not "ground" but "skin"

حوّا ḥawwâ = "Eve"
حىّ ḥyy = "live"

انسان 'insân = "man"
ناس nâs = "people"
انثى unthay (?) = "woman"

So almost the same word plays work. This implies that they are common at
least to West Semitic, although perhaps 'adama has not survived in all
languages.

-- Peter Kirk
E-mail: peter AT qaya.org
Blog: http://www.qaya.org/blog/
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