Karl:
I will tell you what in my humble opinion the root BR)=BARA means. It
consists of the composition BA+RA where BA is a marker of existence
or substantiation, as is the English word 'be', and the marker of
plurality or aggregation RA. Thus all BARA means is 'to exist in an
aggregated state'.
Every Hebrew root that contains the letter R refers to a varied state
of existence (see: www.hebrewetymology.com).
If you accept this from me, then heavens will open and you will see
Hebrew in all its glory. Otherwise you will continue to wallow in
dictionaries, concordances, loan words, 'cognate languages' and so on.
As I grew up we used to read the Hebrew Bible every day. We did not
have a dictionary nor a concordance at home; still I understood every
word of it.
God did not borrow words from 'cognate languages' to transmit his
divine message.
Isaac Fried
On Dec 6, 2006, at 1:02 PM, K Randolph wrote:
> Isaac:
>
> You are using your theories of etymology based on form to assign
> definitions of words. I don't think that is right. I think the correct
> way is to look up the words in their actual uses, their function, and
> speculate about common origin only if the functions show a commonality
> as well.
>
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