Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

I see the Hebrew root as composed of immutable uni-consonantal roots.  
The root-letter L denotes elevation, as in the extended root

עלה

of which it is the defining component. The letter G has the meaning  
of the extended root

גאה

of which it is the defining component.
Hence

גלה = גאה+עלה

in the same way

שלה = שאה+עלה

See my book at www.hebrewetymology.com

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 20, 2010, at 9:53 AM, Vadim Cherny wrote:

> A famous English phonaesthetical cell gl- is widely present in Hebrew
> as gl[hey] with related meaning "to reveal, open", but more
> importantly, it is traceable to gl's basic meaning of "to heap up,
> cover something in a heap, to cover something round about".
>
> English sl- phonaesthetical cell may be related to Hebrew samech-lamed
> which means "to push down".
>
> Phonaesthesia is built into Hebrew where three-letter roots share
> their two-letter root cell's meaning. In English, the origin of
> phonaesthesia are obscure. Might not such roots enter the Romance and
> Germanic languages from Semitic?
>
> Vadim Cherny
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