Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Vadim Cherny <him AT vadimcherny.org>]

The thing is, Hebrew lacks homonyms. What you see as homonyms are 
actually related meanings. As Karl saw for himself, finding the common 
meaning requires some study but it is always there. This is a function 
of root cells. I take Steinberg's dictionary for a fine example of such 
search.

Vadim Cherny

> Ishinan:  My suggestion is to apply the comparative method among other daughter Semitic languages (such as Akkadian, Ugaritic, Arabic,  Ge?ez, etc.) to your examples.  Consult the respective Proto-Semitic etymologies.  You'll actually discover that the  examples you gave above are homonyms. 
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> I have found that sometimes the entries in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible can be misleading. 
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> 7783 shuwq  overflow, water. 
> 7784 shuwq shook street. 
> 7785 showq shoke the (lower) leg/shin.
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> These are not related. Hope this helps.
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> Best regards,
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> Ishinan B. Ishibashi
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