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

Just as to be on the same page, I am referring to the trilateral root  of 
`zz (with initial `ayn)  not zz .


Ishinan Ishibashi


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ishnian" <ishinan AT comcast.net>
To: "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The root ZZ


> 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.
>
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>
>    5810 `azaz primitive root; to be stout (literally or 
> figuratively):--harden,
>    impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
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>
>    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.
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>
>
>    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.
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>    Isa 43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a 
> path in
>    the 'mighty' waters;
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>
>    Ishinan Ishibashi
>
>
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