> I have looked at the paper and did not find reason the change by it my
> naive
> understanding of the compiled word VAYI$TAXU וישתחו of Gen 18:2.
>
> Instead of asking the ill posed question of what is the root of this word,
> I just observe that the radical letters are here $X.
>
> Prefixed in the word is the verb WA = BA, 'be'.
> In addition, the word includes the three personal pronouns YI, TA, U,
> namely, היא, אתה הוא HI, (AT) ATAH, HU, all identifying Abraham,
> who performed the act by himself upon himself.
>
> In HI$TAXAWU (Ps. 29:2) the letter W gives the impression of being radical,
> making $AXAW sound like the related $AKAB שכב
> It is possible to explain this enigma by seeking the origin
> of HI) היא in היה = חיה, HAYAH = XAYAH, and HU)
> in הוה = חוה HAWAH = XAWAH, as in אביו = אביהוּ ABIYW = ABIYHU,
> and אחיו = אחיהוּ AXIYW = AXIHU.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:33 PM, R. Lehmann wrote:
>
>> Read the important article:
>> Siegfried Kreuzer, Zur Bedeutung und Etymologie von hištah.awah/ yšth.wy:
>> Vetus Testamentum XXXV,1 (1985), S. 39-60
>> There is all you need to know.
>