Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

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