Isaac:
Lessee, ....
On 11/13/07, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
I would translate RKU$ of Genesis 12:5 as 'assembled possessions, or
'mobile property' [German: Möbel, Moebel], or 'transportable
possessions'. In particular, the word does not appear to refer to
owned land, contrary to its present day usage.The word is derived
from the root RK$ through the insertion of the personal pronoun U =
HU) for the thing itself. The presence of the letter R in the root
implies that it refers to a material state of aggregation or
dispersion. By the equivalence of the letters D, Z, T [Tet], Y, S, C,
$, T [Tav], and then G, H, X, K, Q we obtain all the immediate
relatives of RK$: RGZ, RG$; RXC, RX$; RKS, RK$, RKD
Let's look at meanings as they are used in Tanakh, defined according to action:
רגז RGZ to shudder, also used in the sense of making shudder as in
being alarmed, to arouse oneself (hitpael)
רגשׁ RG$ to be agitated
רחץ RXC to wash
רחשׁ RX$ to bubble up, as in boiling a sauce
רכס RKS to knot on, used also metaphorically as in "knotting"
obligations on a person
רכשׁ RK$ to own, collect, usually referring to transportable possessions.
רקד RQD to skip, as in dance
Isaac Fried, Boston University
How do the actions of skipping, bubbling up, washing, being agitated
or shuddering "refers to a material state of aggregation or
dispersion"?
This question is rhetorical as from your past responses, I don't
expect a workable answer.
Karl W. Randolph.
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