in all of them the phonetic repetition hints at an etymological repetition
(but not doubling!) of the action. few of them, if at
all, are biblical.
4. the biblical construction is different: GLL, SLL, HTPLL, MLL, PZZ, MWtt,
BRR, Rtt, XGG, XQQ, YLL, $WBB, SBB, RDD,
$TT, $Wtt, MDD, X$$, T$$, ($$, GPP, KTT,QCC, $PWP, doubling the second root
letter.
nir cohen
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:15:07 -0400, Isaac Fried wrote
> GALGAL גלגל 'wheel', is GAL-GAL, one GAL, 'mound, wave', up and one GAL
> down to make a circle. The L in GAL, as in TEL, 'hill', indicates 'up'.
> The root G is the core element of גאה GAAH, 'lifted, hurled', as in Ex.
> 15:1.
> From GAAH we have גא GE, 'proud, haughty', as in Is 16:6. Also גאות GEUT,
> 'high tide', as in Is. 9.17.
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> Isaac Fried, Boston University
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