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1. Hebrew etymology is a delicate and uncertain undertaking. 2. TuRaQ certainly deserves more than just "some discussion". Every word of the Hebrew bible deserves scrutiny. 3. As for understanding the text, I would read it: By your good smelling oils your name (reputation?) is mollified as by oil. 4. I agree with you that RK is 'soft' and that RQ is 'thin' (whatever is soft may be spread out), both related to MRX, 'smear' (see Is. 38:21), MRQ, 'pulverize', and MRG, 'grate, shred' (see Is. 41:15). 5. ROQ (actually ROK, 'tenderness') is indeed 'spit, phlegm, mucus, muck'. 6. YARAQ appears to me to be a variant of ZARAQ, 'toss' (also ZARAX, 'shine, emit light'), referring specifically to the ejection of spittle. Also to grass sooting forth its green blades. Related to them is $ARAQ, 'whistle, ejecting through the lips of a thin column of air in order to produce a shrill sound'. Also to the SARIYG, 'branch', of Gen. 40:10. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Dec 11, 2012, at 7:27 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:
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