Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

No need for "Akkadian".

רדד = רטט = רסס = רצץ = רשש

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 11, 2010, at 4:36 AM, Randall Buth wrote:
> > If we are willing to see rd as a "rare dialectical word" from the  
> > root r.d.d
> we can use the same logic to see it as a "rare form" from the root  
> y.r.d.
> But see HALOT where r.d.d means "subjugate" making it unlikely to be
> from r.d.d.  In contrast, its suggestion (same entry) to tie it to  
> Akkadian
> radu "cloudburst, downpour" is reasonable.