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["J. Leake" <jesleake AT yahoo.co.uk>]

the essence of the verb is the bowing down, $XH,

 The trouble is, Nir, that the verbs based on ShHW [$XH] that you base your argument on are themselves probably derived from hishtaHawah, not the other way round. If we include the Ugaritic evidence (hishtaHawah is found in Ugaritic) we must admit that the word is ancient. The Arabic cognate verb includes ideas of coiling, whixch seems reasonable (there is no 'af'ala or istaf'ala).

 

As an aside, this does introduce the interesting problem suggested by Noeldeke of possible connections between Eve (Hawwa) and the Arabic Hayya, 'serpent', itself probably etymologically *Hawwa (according to Lane, at least, following with cognate words in Arabic). But that might be another thread.

 

John Leake

 

'inna SâHiba Hayâtin hanî'atin lâ yudawwinuhâ: 'innamâ, yaHyâhâ.
(He who lives a comfortable life doesn't write about it - he lives it.)
Tawfiq al-Hakim, Yawmiyyât Nâ'ib fil-'Aryâf.

From: Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 0:48
Subject: [b-hebrew] H$TXWH

dear karl,

you consider WY$TXW and H$TXWH as representing two different roots. i suspect
that this interpretation is incorrect: i consider them the same root, except
that a final H in WY$TXW was dropped by apocope, as is the rule in all the
LH-irregular roots, in the ("short") wayiqtol form: WYR), WYBK etc.

this said, i must admit that i find it difficult to accept XWH as root,
as the essence of the verb is the bowing down, $XH, and not the hand
gesture, XWH. and, so, i suggest that the extra W was added at some
point as the correct hitpael form, H$TXH, sounded too odd, or was
confounded with other words.

best
nir cohen

>>>The verb שחה $XH which is used in binyanim other than Hithpael, is found in
Hithpael in Genesis 18:2, 19:1, 1 Samuel 24:8, 25:23, 41, and several other
verses.

The verb שחוה $XWH is found in Genesis 22:5, 42:6, Exodus 11:8, and many other
verses.On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:08 -0400, b-hebrew-request wrote
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