Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Randall,

I am sorry, but am still not clear about your argument. Here we have  
two different acts: BACAR (from which we have BACYR, 'harvest'), and  
BYCER (from which we have MI-BCAR, 'fort'. And there is also BECER,  
'ore', which I leave out for now). Both are from the root BCR (what  
is the purpose of the dots as in B.C.R?).
Now, does the root BCR have, then, an inherent meaning ("etymology")  
that is genetically transmitted to all acts and names containing this  
root? In other words, do all words built upon the root BCR (or, for  
that matter, any other root) contain a "semantic kernel" which is the  
meaning of the root?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Randall Buth wrote:

> > What is this "same etymology" say with respect to BACAR and BYCER  
> > both of
> > the root בצר
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> As you said,  batsar (qal) and *bitser/bitsar (pi``el) have the shared
> history of
> relating to a root b.ts.r. they have the same root as a starting  
> point. I was
> referring to the starting point as 'same', not the end point, of  
> course.
>
>
>
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