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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
  • Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org list" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] L
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:15:07 -0400

GALGAL גלגל 'wheel', is GAL-GAL, one GAL, 'mound, wave', up and one GAL down to make a circle. The L in GAL, as in TEL, 'hill', indicates 'up'. The root G is the core element of גאה GAAH, 'lifted, hurled', as in Ex. 15:1.
From GAAH we have גא GE, 'proud, haughty', as in Is 16:6. Also גאות GEUT, 'high tide', as in Is. 9.17.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

isaac,

let's look at the "trooth of the claim":

lxm, gyl, mlx, l$m, ly$, lylh, lwl, bll, xcyl,
nlxm, lpt, xlmwn, xlbon, xlb, $lm, $lwm, $lwh, b$l, plg,
mlmlh, qlql, mll, mwll, tltl, TlTl, qtl, mhl, $ll, $)l,
l(s, lgm, l), gll, lglg, plx, clb, dl, dlyl, clwl, xlwl,
clm, xlmy$, xwl, mzl, glwy, gwlm, l$, plpl, clcl, cl (, p(l,
including:
lb(=center!), glgl(=circle!)

and many more - all have L but hardly any sense of "up, on above", unless we
are willing to stretch (up!...) our imagination to the very limit.

npl, cll, mcwlh, dlp, gl$, $l, $l$l, xlxl, zlzl, zll, )zl,

here, oddly, it is "down, below". AND, finally,

ram, gavoha, nisa), nasi), tipes, rakab, $mym, (nn, rqy(

all are "up,on,above" par excellence but none has L.

but, as observed by george, we shall not let a couple counter examples
destroy a nice theory.

nir cohen





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