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  • From: TedBro AT aol.com
  • To: if AT math.bu.edu, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The root $DD
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:41:35 -0500 (EST)

A good example of why some medieval grammarians argued that Hebrew roots
were basically bi-literal instead of tri-literal.

-Ted Brownstein


In a message dated 1/17/2012 9:53:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
if AT math.bu.edu writes:

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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