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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: B-Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] PSX and PISEAX
  • Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:27:32 -0400

The root פתח PTX is apparently a variant of (BDX, BZK), BZQ, BTX, BCQ, BTQ, PSG, PSX, PCX, P$X, P$Q, (PSQ), PTX
בזך, בזק, בטח, בצק, בתק, פסג, פסח, פסק, פצח, פשח, פשק, פתח
with acts connoting 'spread'.

So, פיסח PISEAX, as in 2S9:13 appears to mean 'spread-legged' where the spread is due to a limpness of the legs.

Related are the מפשעה MI-P$A-AH, 'crotch', of 1Ch. 19:4, and the amorous פישוק רגליים of Ez.16:25.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 16, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Isaac Fried wrote:

You are right, except that there is no such thing, methinks, as the
"concept of opening" in the Hebrew language.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 16, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Bill wrote:

the concept of opening

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