Etymology of הָלַךְ
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:20 pm
Etymology Question. In parsing out הָלַךְ, I noticed that it is somehow related to another root, יָלַךְ. Does anyone have an idea how these two roots are related?
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http://bhebrew.biblicalhumanities.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=513
Actually you wanted this link:Jemoh66 wrote:Here's a nice outlay from this link: http://www.studylight.org/lexicons/hebr ... cgi?n=3212
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Jonathan E. Mohler
Springfield, MO
I'm not sure what your point is here; it was the exact same info.kwrandolph wrote: actually you wanted this link:
http://www.studylight.org/lexicons/hebr ... gi?n=01980
I agree, especially with regards to מלאכה; I don't see any semantic connection between work and go, walk, etc... unless work was tied to a nomadic lifestyle which included herding the herds. But I found it interesting and somewhat thorough and a worthy addition to the conversation.kwrandolph wrote: This is not an endorsement of his site, as he included in his discussion the following words, which don’t fit:
מלאך messenger, envoy, ambassador, one sent and empowered to accomplish a task, contrast to ציר messenger, one who carries messages (⇐ who goes back and forth), convulsion, hinge (⇐ the action of going back and forth)
מלאכה work done for profit, as part of his profession
מלאכות message Hg 1:13, Ps 73:28, 1C 28:19
לאך is not found in the Bible.
I do find the pictographs of ancient semitic fascinating, however, I don't agree with the idea that primordial roots derived their meaning from images. Language is spoken, then written. God did not send Adam a letter, or daily text messages; He spoke to Adam. God writes for the first time at Sinai. By then, Hebrew is a well travelled tongue.Isaac Fried wrote:There is no denying that the Hebrew letter כ kaf is a picture of the palm of the hand, and that ל lamed depicts something tall; maybe a staff, a stout stick, a pole, a shepherd's crook, or the like.
Were it my powers, I would write the Hebrew word for 'walk', הלח with a ח for the two legs. For dogs and cats I would write חלח while for a centipede ( מרבה רגליים ) I would write חחלחח giving thereby Hebrew orthography the evocative picturesque slant it deserves.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
We shouldn’t speculate where history is silent.Jemoh66 wrote:I do find the pictographs of ancient semitic fascinating, however, I don't agree with the idea that primordial roots derived their meaning from images. Language is spoken, then written. God did not send Adam a letter, or daily text messages; He spoke to Adam. God writes for the first time at Sinai. By then, Hebrew is a well travelled tongue.
Jonathan E Mohler
Springfield, MO
Hi, Karl.kwrandolph wrote:...according to an ancient literary style, Genesis 1:1–2:4 would have been a written document written by God to give to Adam. Then Adam wrote Genesis 2:5–5:2. Then when Moses compiled Genesis, he may have edited some sections, eliminated duplications, but included the literary markers to indicate which sources he had for his information. Therefore, we can’t rule out that God gave writing already to Adam.
We shouldn’t speculate where history is silent.