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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 12: 5: RK$
  • Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:49:03 -0500

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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