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["Ishnian" <ishinan AT comcast.net>]

Not the last time I consulted The Brown -Driver- Briggs Hebrew and English 
Lexicon p. 738 # 5810. I could still  read very clearly the Hebrew definition 
 of `zz  as: Strength, mighty, and strong:-)

Ishinan Ishibashi

Ps. Do you have a problem with this particular dictionary, if so,  can you 
explain?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Isaac Fried 
  To: Ishnian 
  Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 9:30 PM
  Subject: The root ZZ


  It is all English, not Hebrew.


  The root ZZ is a variant of 
  דד DD, זז ZZ, סס SS, צץ CC, שש $$, 'extend'.

  From ZZ we have the מזוזה MZUZAH, 'doorpost', of Deut 6:9. 
  Also the זיז ZIYZ, 'nipple, protrusion', of Is. 66:11.
  From CC we have the ציץ CIYC, 'bud', of Nu. 17:23(8), 
  and the ציצית CIYCIT of Nu. 15:38.


  עז AZ is related to אז 'is' as in Gen. 12:6. Also to אץ AC, 'accelerate', 
  as in Prov. 28:20. Also to אט AT, 'decelerate', as in Is. 8:6.


  Isaac Fried, Boston University


  On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Ishnian wrote:


    Isaac Fried wrote: No Hebrew root can mean 'might' or 'strength', but 
'up, 
    on' is good.


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    Ishinan : What about the following :-)


    5794 `az  strong, vehement, harsh:--fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, 
    roughly, strong.




    5797 `oz ; from '`azaz' ; strength in various applications (force, 
security, 
    majesty, praise):--boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.




    5810 `azaz primitive root; to be stout (literally or 
figuratively):--harden, 
    impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.




    EXAMPLES:


    Neh 9:11, And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went 
    through the midst of the sea on the dry land;and their persecutors thou 
    threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the 'mighty' waters.




    Psa 59:3,  For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the 'mighty' are 
gathered 
    against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.




    Isa 43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path 
in 
    the 'mighty' waters;






    Ishinan Ishibashi 


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