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  • From: "Ishnian" <ishinan AT comcast.net>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] baal
  • Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:24:51 -0500

Yigal Levin wrote: The root CLA is once example. In Aramaic it means "to pray". In Hebrew a homonymous root means "to roast". Which is a good reason to pray.


Ishinan: Actually the root S.ly (صلي ) in Arabic, is identical to the Hebrew sense of roasting , while S.lw (صلو yields the sense of praying exactly like the Aramaic.

Best regards

Ishinan Ishibashi




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