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Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 58, Issue 23

From: "Yaakov Stein" <yaakov_s AT rad.com>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 58, Issue 23
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:27:36 +0200

> > How about $LX, 'send away' and $LK, 'fling away', are they not
"similar
> > words with the same or a very similar meaning" to warrant the
> > consideration of X and K as "interchangeable"?

Well, if we associate every two letters, and have three letter roots,
there are only 10^3 = 1000 possible combinations.

The probability of coincidence is thus very high.

Yaakov (J) Stein

Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 58, Issue 23, Yaakov Stein, 10/24/2007