The root נתב (NTB) is but a variant of the root נצב (NTZAB),
'erect.' The spatial sense of this extension is not revealed to us by
the conciseness of the tri-literal root. In fact, the extension of
נתיב is at once upward, widthwise, and lengthwise. מעגל=מה
+עגל is a variant of גל, 'wave, mound'. The root עגל (AGL)
appears also in the form עקל (AKL), with גל=קל.
Isaac Fried
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