| Give me some space, I can't breathe. Everyone needs some breathing room. George, I do agree with you that one needs to guard against the etymological fallacy. However, in this case the connection between breathing and space/room/wide is both natural and persistent. Even from a physical standpoint, a modern balloon is expanded by breath. It might even be a universal connection as well: BReath and BReadth in English are both Bilabial-Liquid words (B-R or B-L in words like blow or flute); in Swahili Pua, nose and uPaNa, breadth/width, PuMua, breathe/take a rest. Anyway, since there's no more room for comment, I won't breathe another word. Jonathan Mohler Baptist Bible Graduate School Springfield, MO On Jul 18, 2013, at 11:00 AM, b-hebrew-request AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote: Re: [b-hebrew] What exactly is the semantic overlap between רוח as (1) 'breathe, blow' and (2) 'to be wide, spacious'?
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