Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

the case of TQWH and MQWH is a relatively easy one. if one starts with the
word QW=line, then everything falls in...LINE! for both water and hope
normally proceed along a straight line (newton).

MQWH is the trace of the water flowing down along a LINE. later, the place
where they end their journey. later, a jewish pool.

TQWH is a LINE of hope, the light at the end of the tunnel, a way STRAIGHT 
out.

and king james confused LINE with LINEN, or maybe had in mind the straight
cord forming in the linen processing. if so, his translator did understand
something about hebrew, even if he got it wrong.

my hunch is that the translation MQWH as "from kaweh" is plain wrong. but i do
not have an adequate alternative explanation. why is egypt mentioned once and
KWH twice?

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the case of BRKH is more difficult. if we take it that BRK=knee is the
origin,and LHBRYK is to kneel (the camel etc) to rest, then BRKH is the place
where camels etc normally stopped, namely, a pool of water. again, when the
dying father or grandfather puts his hands on the boy's head, and the boy may
be an adult already, i would expect him to .... yes, kneel! so, LBRK
originally was to get the other person kneel - and then bless them!

this, of course, is highly speculative; but is the best answer i got.

nir cohen