Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

I wish to remind listers that all posts must be singned with the poster's 
full name.

Yigal Levin
co-chair, B-Hebrew


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hisnibbs AT ntlworld.com>
To: "Jason Hare" <jaihare AT gmail.com>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Root of words is the original meaning?


> Hello Jason,
>
> ---- Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > Are you suggesting that words (in this case, roots) can have meaning
> > apart from their use in a language?
>
> No, I'm suggesting that a word originally meant one thing, but was later 
> used in different contexts to mean other things.
>
> "root" implies to me that this came first, the applications came later.
>
> What is your understandings of "root words"?
>
>
> > don't bother yourself with the meaning of "yome" (eek),
> > since it cannot mean anything to you apart from what Strong tells you
> > and what answers you get on this forum.
>
> The context in which it is used gives meaning.
> Perhaps you can share what the word means to you in the context of Genesis 
> 1?
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