Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>]

Yitzhak Fried

so could it be that the lucky Paleolithic Semite who bestowed upon
Ashdod its name for eternity, a name accepted by all the locals, that
this Semite had been moved by a landscape dominated by a shuddering
teat-like feature, adorned by flowers (dudaim) and populated by
thieves and lovers, devious businessmen and friends?

Looks like cities haven't changed much.

Uzi Silber






On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
> The shorter form $D is a variant of
>
> DD, ZD, YD, SD CD, $D, TD
>
> דד, זד, יד, סד, צד, שד, תד
>
>  From DD we have:
> DAD, 'breast, teat, bulge, nipple', DADAH, 'move unsteadily and
> waveringly, shake and tilt
> from side to side' (compare: תעתע, צעצע, טאטא, זעזע,
> שעשע), DUDA, 'sprout' (compare the
> modern תות TUT), DUD, 'pot, teat-like basket', DOD, 'side relation,
> consort, partner, YDIYD'.
>
>  From ZD we have:
> ZED (also $ED), 'deviant, devious', ZAD-ON, 'intention,
> premeditation, purpose'.
>
>  From YD we have:
> YAD, 'hand, a thrusting outward bodily limb, jutting out appendage,
> extremity'.
>
>  From SD we have:
> SAD, 'log', SOD, SID, bundle, collection, accumulation'.
>
>  From CD we have:
> CAD, 'side, extension, accumulation '.
>
>  From $D we have:
> $AD,'teat', $OD, 'collection, accumulation'
>
>  From TD we have:
> YATED, 'peg, nail'.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>
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