Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

1. I doubt that a Hebrew root can mean something as abstract as  
'vanish'.
The etymological dictionaries, such as http://www.etymonline.com/ say
that vanish = va-nish' essentially meaning 'go (va, as in vamos)  
out'. On
'margin' they say it is a mark.
Notice that in German 'to hide' is 'verstecken' or 'verbergen', both  
of very
concrete meaning.

2. The act אגד AGAD is, in my opinion, a variant of אחד AXAD,  
which by
itself, is a variant of אחז AXAZ, 'held together', and עקד AQAD,  
'bound'.

3. You are right that AGAD is related to גדוּד GDUD, 'heap'.

4. In this connection we should mention also the nouns גג GAG, 'roof',
and דוֹד DOD, 'uncle, loved one, grown up'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University


On Aug 15, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

> i do not see a solid case for the association of )BWS and )PS
> especially (as pere porta could claim) that the grammatical form
> is completely different.
>
> i do see a pattern, albeit quite fuzzy, that the triliteral object  
> with aleph
> correspond to an (often biliteral) root.
>
> )PS (margin?) has the verb PS (vanish)
> )PR  associated with PRWR
> )GD associated with GDWD
> )TR (place) has the root TR (travel)
> )GL (drop) associated with GL, (GWL
> )DWN associated with DN
> )BYWN with B(H (ask, aramaic)
> )TNX with NX
> )TNN with NTN
> )KL with KL or KLH (see english "eat up").
>
> nir cohen
>
> De: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
> Cópia: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Para: Dave Washburn <davidlwashburn AT gmail.com>
> Data: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:26:54 -0400
> Assunto: Re: [b-hebrew] Zech 9:10
>
> Is it possible that אַפְסֵי אָֽרֶץ is more specifically  
> 'the high mountains,
> the apex of the earth'? I would compare the root אפס APS to the
> root אבס ABS, of which we have אבוּס ABUS, 'fattened, made  
> plump,
> swelled', as in Prov. 15:17 and 1Ki 5:3.
>
> Today we use EPES for 'zero', but this is merely an example for  
> language
> using the positive (a thing) to express the, otherwise difficult to  
> express,
> negative (nothing = no–thing), as the
> הוֹי מַגִּיעֵי בַיִת בְּבַיִת  
> שָׂדֶה בְשָׂדֶה יַקְרִיבוּ עַד  
> אֶפֶס מָקוֹם
> KJV: "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,
> till there be no place"
> of Is. 5:8, where אֶפֶס מָקוֹם (namely, אֶבֶס  
> מָקוֹם ) is at once 'no place',
> and 'a full place with no space left free'.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Aug 14, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Dave Washburn wrote
> > I tend to think so. "From sea to sea, from the River to the ends  
> > of the
> earth/land" appears to be a rather extensive way of saying  
> "everywhere."
> > My answers are free, and well worth it.
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