To: b-hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: b-hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] The root XRS-XR$
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:54:37 -0400
All,
The list of Hebrew roots below is composed by the successive
substitution of the equivalents: G, H, X, K, Q followed by the
successive substitution of the equivalents: D, Z, T [tet], Y, S, C, S
[sin], $, T [tav], with a medial R. All roots are manifestly
referring to one sort or another of trituration, filing by abrasion,
scraping, scratching, grating, grinding, rasping, shredding, rubbing,
hacking, carving, engraving, severing or crushing as typically
occurring in the vigorous working of metal, wood or clay, or breaking
up the hard soil with a plow. The meaning of dispersion or
aggregation inherent in all of them them is as predicted by the
presence of the letter R. An asterisk denotes an extra-biblical root.