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1. We need to separate the root from the verb (act) and the noun (name.) The act (act!) KARAK כרך means 'to wrap', yet the root (root!) KRK has nothing to do with 'go around'. We have already mentioned the example of ארגז ARGAZ, 'box, chest', of 1Sam 6:8 and ROGEZ רוגז (related to ROGE$), 'anger, excitement'. They are both from the root RGZ, which has nothing to do, not with anger and not with boxiness. 2. I am sorry, but I have to ignore your references to "Akkadian" and "Ugaritic" as I am unable to verify them. Looking up an English "Akkadian dictionary" does not count. 3. So, what is the etymology of GALGAL (and the place name GILGAL)? Something that turns around? 4. And what is the etymology of the כרכרה KIRKARAH of Is. 66:20? 5. I see no evidence that the act KARKAR is 'to whirl', but I know that some think so. Some 100 years ago when a Hebrew equivalent was sought for "dreidl", the great Hebrew poet X. N. Bialik suggested KIRKAR, but it failed to take hold, and what is used now is סביבון SBIYBON, from the act SABAB, 'go around', as the classical Hebrew nursery rhyme says סביבון סוב סוב סוב חנוכה הוא חג טוב Isaac Fried, Boston University On Jul 9, 2013, at 2:05 PM, Stewart Felker wrote:
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