Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>]

On 11/28/2009 1:53 PM, James Christian wrote:
> 2009/11/28 Isaac Fried<if AT math.bu.edu>
> > To just remain within Hebrew, the root שחה (to float) is between
> > שהה and שכח, and is related to שקע, as evidenced by
> > שוּחה, actually a שוּקע.
>
> I fully appreciate that you have an interesting mathematical theory about
> Hebrew morphology but without further explanation on your part I really
> don't understand the point you were trying to make here or what relevance it
> has to the discussion.

Sounds like Isaac is using  Rabbi S. R. Hirsch’s system, or something 
similar.

—Joel C. Salomon