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

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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