Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Steve,

The kind of verbal compounding you’ve suggested does not really take place in 
Hebrew. Furthermore, the word for ‘open’ in Hebrew is tri-consonantal (פתח), 
while a good case can be made for the word ‘see’ being biconsonantal (רא).

Also, just a heads up that Isaac Fried’s view is very idiosyncratic. By all 
means consult his website and evaluate his views for yourself, but please 
understand that, as far as I know, no Hebrew scholars support his views.


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au