On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Jim West wrote:
> These really are two different words which merely are spelled alike- just
> like the English words "light" = not heavy; and "light" = illumination froma
> source such as the sun or a lamp. I dont think anyone would assume there is
> some etymololgical link between these two.
Someone earlier mentioned a book that detailed etymological origins of
Biblical Hebrew terms. Could they look this up for us and explain what the
book says about SHEM ? SHEMAYIM? etc. ?