Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Yes, and not to forget, not only KARMEL, but also XERMON, which  
barely escaped being called XELMON or GELMON.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 1, 2008, at 12:56 AM, Isaac Fried wrote:

> Jim,
>
> You are right that GL, 'mound, swell, encompass', and GR, 'aggregate'
> are used both for elevated land, but we do not need the Egyptians to
> remind us of this. In Genesis 31:47 Jacob refers to the pile of
> stones they erected as GAL and Laban calls it YGAR.
> Now GAR, in its variant HAR, is used for a full fledged mountain,
> while GAL is but a small mound or a wave.
> A GAR in its variant KAR is left us in the name Mount KARMEL, by
> people who liked quadrilitteral roots.
> GR in its variant QR is found in QIR, 'wall'.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
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