Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Karl,

You persist in confusing the root with the act. The root RK$ means a  
'material aggregate of disparate bodies'. No more. It is a natural  
state. The act RAKA$ means to create such a state of a valuable  
collection, or corpus, in one's own home, or in one's own name. By  
what means the act is carried out is a long socioeconomic story. In  
America RAKA$ means 'accumulated diverse material [or even  
intellectual] valuables by legal commercial means'. The slight  
variant RAKAS is 'to create a pile of dust, to create a REKES'. If  
REKES, 'mound', is also a REKU$, 'wealth', is not for language to  
decide.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:22 PM, K Randolph wrote:

> Isaac:
>
> Lessee, ....
>
> On 11/13/07, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
> > I would translate RKU$ of Genesis 12:5 as 'assembled possessions, or
> > 'mobile property' [German:  Möbel, Moebel], or 'transportable
> > possessions'. In particular, the word does not appear to refer to
> > owned land, contrary to its present day usage.The word is derived
> > from the root RK$ through the insertion of the personal pronoun U =
> > HU) for the thing itself. The presence of the letter R in the root
> > implies that it refers to a material state of aggregation or
> > dispersion. By the equivalence of the letters D, Z, T [Tet], Y, S, C,
> > $, T [Tav], and then G, H, X, K, Q we obtain all the immediate
> > relatives of RK$: RGZ, RG$; RXC, RX$; RKS, RK$, RKD
>
> Let's look at meanings as they are used in Tanakh, defined  
> according to action:
>
> רגז RGZ to shudder, also used in the sense of making shudder as in
> being alarmed, to arouse oneself (hitpael)
> רגשׁ RG$ to be agitated
> רחץ RXC to wash
> רחשׁ RX$ to bubble up, as in boiling a sauce
> רכס RKS to knot on, used also metaphorically as in "knotting"
> obligations on a person
> רכשׁ RK$ to own, collect, usually referring to transportable  
> possessions.
> רקד RQD to skip, as in dance
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> How do the actions of skipping, bubbling up, washing, being agitated
> or shuddering "refers to a material state of aggregation or
> dispersion"?
>
> This question is rhetorical as from your past responses, I don't
> expect a workable answer.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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