Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

…but most likely not.


GEORGE ATHAS
Dean of Research,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia


From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu<mailto:if AT math.bu.edu>>
Date: Thursday, 9 August 2012 11:43 AM
To: Ishnian <ishinan AT comcast.net<mailto:ishinan AT comcast.net>>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>>
Subject: [b-hebrew] The root CLH

It is a variant of TLH, 'hang, suspend',
and hence the צלי אש CLIY  E$ of Ex. 12:8 is but
a תלי אש TLIY E$, meat hung over a fire.
The act CALAH is also related to דלה DALAH, 'drew up water' as in
Ex.2:19.

CALA צלא may mean 'drew up words from the depth of his heart',
akin to בעה BAAH in Is. 30:13 and Dan. 6:12,
which is a variant of נבע NABA.

Isaac Fried, Boston University