Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

  Nir,

 A great deal of serious  scholarship was published
 on two sides of this  fascinating and complex fence.
 I'll mention only two names, each from a different
 side: Avi Hurvitz, and Ian Young.

  Uri Hurwitz
 ( not a relative of the former)


   

 > uri,

my interest in linguistics is basically diachronic, and at times i 
use a reflection of the present use as a possible clue to understanding 
its past use. clearly i do not imply them to be equal, but often there
is a clear evolution between them. 

some people may disagree, but i assume that diachronic arguments are not
banned in this forum.

[though in the case of X$ML=electricity i fully agree with you. this 
term was re-defined in the late 19th century. >