Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Is there something wrong with this "ultimate etymology game"? Is not  
NCL of the same basic meaning as NZL, NTL, N$L?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 10, 2011, at 1:23 AM, Randall Buth wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
> > Appears to me that NCL is NASA V-HE-ELA נשא והעלה or  
> > העלה ונשא, 'carried and
> > lifted' or 'lifted and carried'. The form HI-CIYL (with a dagesh  
> > in the C as
> > it follows a xiriq) contains the two personal pronouns: HI in  
> > front, and IY
> > inside; the first for the performer of the act and the other for the
> > receiver of the act, the MU-CAL. The qal form NACAL is not in use.
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> not bad for the ultimate etymology game.
>
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