Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Paul Zellmer" <pzellmer AT sc.rr.com>]

As Hebrew and Arabic are both Semitic, there is a similarity between a
number of the roots.  Where the roots are similar, the root letters tend to
have a one-to-one relationship.  My term, "equivalent," refers to which
letter is generally used in similar roots when the initial letter of kh'alad
is found in Arabic.  More specifically, does kh'alad start with a kaaf, kha,
or qaaf.  If memory serves me right, it starts with kaaf, which, in similar
roots between the two languages, is the equivalent of the Hebrew kaf.

 

More generally, through comparative linguistics. J

 

Paul Zellmer

 

From: Isaac Fried [mailto:if AT math.bu.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:19 PM
To: Paul Zellmer
Cc: 'Nir cohen - Prof. Mat.'; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] on eternity

 

How do we know what letter is "equivalent" to what?

 

Isaac Fried, Boston University

 

On Dec 16, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Paul Zellmer wrote:





the equivalent Hebrew letter to the Arabic