Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Karl,

I read with interest your argument that $EM, 'name' is connected to  
$AM, 'there, at that location', by the fact that a person is located  
[or placed] by his name. I thought of extending this idea. So:
1. $EM, 'name', is so called because an item is located by it.
2. $UM, 'Garlic' is so called because it is located in the ground.
3. )A$EM, 'guilty' is so called because he is located in prison.
4. $AMA(, 'heard' is so called since the sound source can be located  
by hearing.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jul 26, 2007, at 10:22 AM, K Randolph wrote:

> John:
>
> "Opposite" or "against"? Could you be more specific?
>
> Does this context not picture two people working together, while
> facing each other? Hence "in front of" each other?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> On 7/26/07, Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com> wrote:
> >  So from what I get from all this is that the word NGD is like the  
> > word $M
> >  Just as $M has two distict meanings dependent on how it is used  
> > ("there"
> > and "name") so does NGD
> Even these words can have a connection, as one 'places' a person by
> his name, both being from the same root as #YM to place.
>
> >  I now have another question regarding this word:
> >
> >  When it is first used in Genesis in the context of Eve I was  
> > always taught
> > that it meant "opposite" or "against".
> >  I have never heard that it meant "in front of".
> >  So could someone please explain how the idea of "in front of"  
> > fits in that
> > passage?
> >
> >  By the way, I appreciate all the input received thus far!
> >
> >
> >  B"H
> >  John Steven
> >
> >  "If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as  
> > you
> > behave."
> >  -Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
> >
> >
> >  K Randolph wrote:
> >  John:
> >
> > I do not list "against" or "opposite" as possible meanings for NGD as
> > those have connotations that go beyond the meaning of the Hebrew word
> > (a translator may use those terms when he thinks it will make for a
> > smoother English rendition, but a strict literal meaning is "before,
> > in front of").
> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.
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