Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

1. I have never said that L is "high", but certainly what is high up  
is also high down, depending on the outlook.
Here: GE גא is tall, but GAY גיא is deep.
2. I really don't know if "there (is) a single culture in the world  
which defines "circle" as "two half-circles"."
3. I don't believe that "the phonetic repetition hints at an  
etymological repetition (but not doubling!) of the action."
4. OK, so what are SALAL, TALAL and $ALAL?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

> isaac,
>
> let me remind you that the thread was "L=high". see also:
>
>          GAB, GEB, GABAH, GBR, GBYR, GBWRH, KBYR, TMYR, TMR, TMRWT,  
> HTMR, NYS), NSQ, HMRY), RWM, MRWM, RMH.
>
> where is the "L=high"?
>
> nir cohen
>
> ps moving to your favorite theme, GLGL:
>
> the story of "one heap up and one heap down" making a circle is a  
> fantastic fairytail which you
> circulate regularly.
>
> 1. what is a "heap down"? is there a single culture in the world  
> which defines "circle" as "two half-circles"?
>
> 2. the use of "glgl" as "a wheel/circle", which you presuppose is,  
> as far as i know, not biblical, perhaps
> restricted to modern hebrew.
>
> 3. compare with tPtP, (P(P, DGDG, DPDP, MCMC, $P$P, tLtL, t$t$,  
> LBLB, QLQL, RPRP, R$R$, M$M$, MLML, CMCM, GMGM,
> CPCP, P$P$, DRDR, CLCL, XRXR, N(N(, NDND,....$L$L!
>
> in all of them the phonetic repetition hints at an etymological  
> repetition (but not doubling!) of the action. few of them, if at
> all, are biblical.
>
> 4. the biblical construction is different: GLL, SLL, HTPLL, MLL,  
> PZZ, MWtt, BRR, Rtt, XGG, XQQ, YLL, $WBB, SBB, RDD,
> $TT, $Wtt, MDD, X$$, T$$, ($$, GPP, KTT,QCC, $PWP, doubling the  
> second root letter.
>
> nir cohen
>
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:15:07 -0400, Isaac Fried wrote
> > 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
> >
> >
> >