Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Excuse my insistence, but does doubling the last root consonant turn  
a path into a snail?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 3, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

> Root שבלול <------------  שב"ל by means of doubling the last  
> root consonant and, of course, taking at the same time the  
> appropriate vowel pattern.
>
> Regards
>
> Pere Porta
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)
>
> 2011/6/3 Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
> Does $BIYL שביל 'path', "yield" $ABLUL שבלול 'snail'?
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>
> On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:43 AM, Pere Porta wrote:
>
> also $BYL=path --> $BLWL=snail.