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  • From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] RB
  • Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:59:14 -0800



On 9 Nov 2010 at 9:47, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

>
> George Athas:
>
> You wrote: "Jim, that first paragraph of yours is filled with so
> many
> logical leaps, errors, fallacies, and unrealistic expectations that
> you are
> completely contorting evidence. It is so unscholarly and illogical
> that I
> hesitate even to call it an `argumentĀ“. IĀ“m dumbstruck!"
>
> I take it that by that you mean that you consider a Hebrew ayin at
> the end
> of a word or name to be a rock-solid consonant. But is it?
>
> As a common word, )RB( in Hebrew is like erbe in Akkadian. Both
> mean "four"
> , and they have only two key consonants: RB.

The words "farm," "form," "from," "firm," "frame," and "film" all have two
key consonants, F
and M. Therefore, they must all be derivatives of the same two-letter root.

This is the logic you're using. I hope you see the problem.

Dave Washburn

http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur




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