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  • From: Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Takhrir and Shikhrur
  • Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:02:31 -0500

Greetings fellow Tanakh aficionados:

During the Arab upheaval in Cairo's Tahrir Square, reportage always
translated 'Tahrir' as 'Liberation'.
Now Tahrir does resemble the Hebrew 'shikhrur' which also means
liberation. I suspect the two are indeed linguistically related.

Are they? Please advise. If indeed 'T' would be substituting for
'Sh', are there other examples of this particular substitution in the
Mikra? I do know there are other letters that substitute for each
other.

thanks

Uzi Silber




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