Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

George,

It is not clear to me what you mean by "the same way".
The word LAYLAH, is from the root LL or LYL, which in my opinion  
connotes on-on, up-up, over-over. Related to it are the words LUL,  
'ladder, staircase', of 2 Kings 6:8, and LULA)AH, 'loop, cleat', of  
Exodus 26:5. Also (ALIL of Psalms 12:7, (ALILAH of Deuteronomy 22:14,  
and (OLELAH of Isaiah 17:6.
It appears to me that LAYLAH describes the darkness lying in a thick  
layer, so to speak, over-over, (AL-(AL, the land, enveloping it  
entirely. Compare Isaiah 60:2 "darkness covers the earth".
I have not carefully followed this thread but I think it is quite  
obvious that $AXOR means dark or black. Obviously, being a color, it  
must be a kind of simile.
The root $XR is also related, methinks, to the root SKR, 'close,  
enclose, block, shut up, shut out', (see Genesis 8:2, Psalms 63:12  
and Isaiah 19:4), intimating that the original meaning of $AXOR is  
possibly 'covered, hidden, denied light'.
I will have to think how $AXOR is related to CAXOR.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 25, 2009, at 4:24 PM, George Athas wrote:

> > Just recall that $XR is like $QR, 'obscure'.
>
> ...just the same way it is like LaYLaH, 'night'.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au
>
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