> most nouns in most ancient languages do not have a proven source within
the dialect, nor can be established as loan words. <
On what grounds did you make this statement?
Further you stated:
> in hebrew i will mention $ULXAN (table), KOBA (hat), TEBA (arc), E$
(fire), NKD (grandson), NYN (great grandson), ZRT (pinky), BHN (toe), R($
(head), YD (hand), )BN (stone)
etc. only by cross-reference with other dialects can this be validated.<
Here you lost me completely: some of your examples are common Semitic,
e.g. The words for head, and hand. Further, did you ever ask yourself why E$
(Fire), is feminine in Hebrew? Look it up in Akkadian where it is Ishatu -
the f. marker 'T' is very much there.
Nothing to add about the linguisticallly shaky ladder. Shaky only
linguistically, we saw how well it served Jacob.
Uri Hurwitz
[b-hebrew] [ b-hebrew] gen 28 sulam,
Uri Hurwitz, 11/29/2012