Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Carmel: The Town of David's Abigail
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:13:27 -0800
Jim:
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:47 AM, <JimStinehart AT aol.com> wrote:
>
> Carmel: The Town of David's Abigail
>
> Two things:
1) Carmel was not the name of a town, rather of a region. A mountainous
region.
2) The name predates Joshua's invasion, as such, it is possible that in its
original language it had a different meaning than expected from Hebrew.
> KRML is almost certainly KRM + L, where the final lamed/L is a mere suffix.
>
>
This is not Hebrew. Which language is this from?
Such a suffix is found in modern Swiss German, but it's rather a stretch to
find it in bronze age Levant.
> The 3-consonant root is K-R-M.
Again this is a misconception concerning Biblical Hebrew. Not all words come
from a three consonant root. There are several two consonant roots, and
there are a few four consonant roots. The three consonant root is just more
common.