Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Isaac:

You have only your opinion and your theories, no evidence. We want to see
evidence before we can accept your theories, and so far you have provided
zilch, nada, nothing. Instead, you have provided evidence that you don’t
know what you are talking about. With this sort of evidence, how do you
expect us to take you seriously?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

> Hebrew etymology is about the meaning of the Hebrew root, not about the
> meaning of the Hebrew word (words derived from the same root may have
> apparently entirely different meaning) and its English equivalents.
>
> In my opinion, the basic meaning of the root RAAH רעה is 'loose, free,
> broken, separated', and this is also the basic meaning of ראה, 'see,
> discern'. This is also the basic meaning of the roots of רֵעַ 'friend',
> רעוּת 'friendship', רעיה 'consort', רָעָה 'calamity, disaster', רעיון
> 'idea', תרוּעה 'cheer, tremolos', עוּר 'alert', עוֹר, 'skin', ערירי
> 'desultory, drossy', יראה 'fear, loss of self confidence', ect.
>
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>
> On Mar 11, 2010, at 2:14 PM, K Randolph wrote:
>
> Isaac:
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> רעה is not 'graze' and not 'feed', it is 'roam freely'.
>
> בתר is 'cut into separate pieces'.
>
> פתר is 'solved', which in English means 'loosened', and so is פשר
>
> אסר= עצר = אצר is 'accumulate, hoard, hold together, hold back'.
>
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>
> Where do you get your definitions from?
>
> The ones I listed are from actual use in Tanakh, and I’m prepared to defend
> them.
>
> They are not from any made up etymologies.
>
> In my book, actual use trumps etymologies any day, especially made up
> etymologies that can’t be demonstrated.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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