Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

I looked at all the Hebrew roots and their descendant words to verify  
this. Language is a very very simple device and, as it developed  
spontaneously, it must have very very obvious structure.

Isacc Fried, Boston University

On Jan 29, 2011, at 11:09 PM, fred burlingame wrote:

> Hello Isaac;
>
> Thanks for your instructive comments.
> It sounds reasonable that one letter roots give rise to two and  
> three letter roots.
>
> But how do you arrive at the base meaning of the single letter  
> root? By reasoning back from the revealed meaning (via usage) of  
> the descendant two and three letter roots?
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
> 1. The two words are of the same root XL, 'pile up'.
> 2. The Hebrew root refers to a material state. The words derived  
> from it acquire by usage and context their specific meaning.
> 3. I am of the opinion that all Hebrew roots are a fusion of single  
> consonant roots. This is how the language developed. The letter  
> L ,thus, represents elevation, and its appearance in a root always  
> indicates this. For example: EL, 'a lofty being', AL-EH, 'leaf',  
> LUL, 'ladder', ALILAH, 'tall story, plot, libel', UL, 'grownup',  
> and so on.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University