Lisowski listed them as being from the same root, but doesn't hazard a
definition for the unused root. It would make sense if the root has something
to do with family or household life, but that is just a guess.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yigal
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