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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest,worship serve
  • Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:25:45 -0500

The Hebrew root XWH, with a consonantal W, appears to me to be a variant of the Hebrew roots

גוע, הוה, חוה, כוה, קוה
גבע, גבה, חבה, כבע, כבה, קבע
כפה, קפא

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 27, 2009, at 8:14 PM, dwashbur AT nyx.net wrote:

Agreed. Plus, he's a bit out of date; we now know from Ugaritic that the root is XWH, not
$XH.





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