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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Hebrew Forum <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] With aleph?
  • Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 19:13:43 -0400

Something else caught my eye there. They say:

השורש צב"י במשמעות 'רצון' רגיל בלשון הארמית, וייתכן שממנה הוא חדר אל העברית

I am just wondering how a root can express such an evolved concept as 'desire'. Also, how can an Aramaic root "penetrate" חדר the Hebrew language; a word I may understand, but a root? Is there, actually, a word in the Hebrew language, having CBY as root, and meaning desire? I doubt it.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 9, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

And... why is this etymology lame, Isaac?

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

2011/5/9 Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
No, it is not a typo; it is a Mishnaic form. But let alone this "insthetic" aleph and listen to this lame "etymology"

המילה צְבִי מציינת תפארת, יופי והדר משמעות זו נתגלגלה מן המשמעות הבסיסית של השורש צב"י – מן הרצון אל הדבר שרוצים אותו

And this silliness they shamelessly thrust, as the word of the gods, upon the trusting young Hebrew student.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 9, 2011, at 1:45 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

Dear listers,

I'm putting here a question maybe not strictly related to biblical hebrew.
I read in a document issued by the Academy of the Hebrew Language (*) a
sentence where it is said that:

"The quick legs of the gazelle made it (the gazelle) the symbol/ token of the
speed"
Now, I expected to find, for "made it", the same word we find in Ecc 2:12.
(Look at Neh 3:13 for a parallel)
Instead I find this word with an aleph after letter sin.

My question: Is it a typo? Maybe there is some good reason for this aleph
to be inserted here?

(*) Milat hashavua 33

Kind regards,

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)


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