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Re: [b-hebrew] FW: [Q] Psalm 70:20?

From: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: "leonard book" <lbook AT 013net.net>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] FW: [Q] Psalm 70:20?
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:05:11 +0200

1. Appears to me that the root CLM is a variant of $LM, 'whole', referring to the total shape, and also of TLM and SLM, from which we have TELEM, 'furrow', and SULAM, ladder', (which I don't think is from SLL).

2. Appears to me that CALM-AM = CALM-HEM, the same way that CALM-ENU = CALM-ANU, and CALM-KEM = CALM-AKEM, with AKEM, being read AXEM, being an obsolete variant of the extant ATEM.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

Re: 'TZaLMaM = 'their image' or 'their appearance'. There are many

[b-hebrew] [Q] Psalm 70:20?, Michael, 12/24/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] [Q] Psalm 70:20?, K Randolph, 12/25/2011
  - Re: [b-hebrew] [Q] Psalm 70:20?, Yigal Levin, 12/25/2011
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  - Re: [b-hebrew] FW: [Q] Psalm 70:20?, Isaac Fried, 12/26/2011
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- Re: [b-hebrew] [Q] Psalm 70:20?, Lee Moses, 12/25/2011