To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>, b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] $PZH/M$PXH
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:42:42 -0800 (PST)
According to the BDB the possible etymological connection is the Arab.
root S (sin) FX; one of its meanings is "to commit fornication". Its main
meaning is "to shed "(tears) or "to spill" (blood).
Uri
Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:2
Hi all,
Does anyone think that there might be a connection between the words $pxh
(shifxah - a female slave or "handmaiden", more or less the same as "amah")
and m$pxh (mishpaxah - an extended family, clan or phratry)? What is know
about the etymology of the two words?
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> Does anyone think that there might be a connection between the words $pxh
> (shifxah - a female slave or "handmaiden", more or less the same as "amah=
")
> and m$pxh (mishpaxah - an extended family, clan or phratry)? What is know
> about the etymology of the two words?
Yigal,
K&B under m$pxh lists Ugaritic $px and Punic #px. J.Huehnergard* glosses
$px as "sprout, scion." The article in K&B on $pxh leaves your question in
the doubtful category.