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Re: [b-hebrew] KPR

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] KPR
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:06:32 -0500

1. The problem is not with not having an etymology "that we can analyze", but with knowing what you mean by "etymology".

2. A root does not refer to action.

3. The root כפר KPR is also of כפיר KPIYR, 'lion', (Is. 11:6.)

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 27, 2012, at 7:23 PM, K Randolph wrote:

Strictly speaking, we don’t have an etymology that we can analyze, so the most accurate way of describing the relationship is to say that they came from a common root, referring to the action of covering.

[b-hebrew] KPR, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 12/26/2012
- Re: [b-hebrew] KPR, K Randolph, 12/26/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] context, Michael Abernathy, 12/26/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] KPR, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 12/27/2012
    - Re: [b-hebrew] KPR, Isaac Fried, 12/27/2012
    - Re: [b-hebrew] KPR, K Randolph, 12/27/2012
      - Re: [b-hebrew] KPR, Isaac Fried, 12/27/2012
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] KPR, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 12/28/2012
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] PAAM, was KPR, Isaac Fried, 12/29/2012
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] PAAM, was KPR, David Kolinsky, 12/30/2012
        Re: [b-hebrew] PAAM, was KPR, Isaac Fried, 12/30/2012
        Re: [b-hebrew] PAAM, was KPR, Isaac Fried, 12/31/2012
      - Re: [b-hebrew] KPR, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 12/28/2012