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1. "Proto-Semitic" belongs to the realm of the legends. 2. The root עשש for עש is an invention by extension. 3. "Akkadian" is the language of beguiling, made-up, dictionaries. We should stick, methinks, to what we know, and what we can verify, first hand. 3. Appears to me that עש A$ is one of the family of words: עד ED, Gen. 31:48 עז EZ, Lev. 17:3 עץ EC, Gen. 1:11 עש A$, Is. 51:8 עיט AYIT, Gen. 15:11 עיש AYI$, Iob 38:32 סס SAS, Is. 51:8 סוס SUS, Gen. 49:17 סיס SIYS, Jer. 8:7 זיז ZIYZ, Ps. 80:14(13) ציץ CIYC, Is. 40:6 איש IY$, Gen. 2:24 צי CIY, Is. 13:21 שה SEH, Gen. 30:32 תאו TO, Deut. 14:5 תיש TAYI$, Gen. 32:15 Isaac Fried, Boston University On Jun 21, 2013, at 8:51 PM, J. Leake wrote:
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