Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

You may ponder further the relationship between מקוה מים MIQWEH  
MAYIM,
'pool of water', as in Gen. 1:10, and תקוה TIQWAH, 'hope', as in  
Hos. 2:17, and Job 11:20.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 28, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Chris Watts wrote:

> Dear all, is there any tentative connection between the word:
> ברך   and  ברכה  (bless and pools respectively)?  I remember
> very long ago reading an article by a Rabbi (name forgotten) who made
> a distinct an interesting case for the fact that Bless was not the
> root but that bless came from the idea of a collection of water, this
> latter concept being the root.  It is because I can not find any
> references to this idea that I am asking board members for their
> qualified input, also I have read that the noun 'Knee' gave rise to
> the verbal idea?  Again am not able to access any reliable sources
> about this.  And thankyou in advance.
>
> Chris Watts
> Ireland
>
>
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