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The Hebrew uniliteral root ש for the living

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:11 pm
by Isaac Fried
and its variants:
עד ED, 'witness, testifier', as in Lev. 5:1.
עז EZ, 'goat'.
איש IY$, 'man'.
תיש = אתה - איש TAYI$, 'male goat'.
אש E$, 'fire'.
עש A$, 'moth', as in Isaiah 50:9.
שה SEH, 'sheep, lamb, goat'. Compare שיא SIY, 'top, pinnacle, summit', of Job 20:6.
צאצא CECA, 'descendant, issue of the womb', as in Isaiah 48:19. Compare צואה 'excrement', as in Isaiah 28:8.
צאן CON, 'sheep'. Also צי CIY, as in Isaiah 13:21.

And the doublets: דוד DOD, 'uncle', as in Lev. 10:4. זיז ZIYZ, 'animal, beast, critter', as in Ps. 80:14. סוס SUS, 'horse'. סיס SIYS, 'bird', as in Jer. 8:7. ציץ CIYC, 'bud, shoot, sprout', as in Nu. 17:23(8)

Isaac Fried, Boston University