Re: Mitzrayim (was: New To List)
| From: | Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 14, 2003, 7:06 |
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On 14 Feb, Steg Belsky wrote:
> Wow, i never knew ZRHh has anything to do with "red"... what words based
> on the root have that meaning? I always thought the basic meaning was
> "shine".
These days, none that I know of. Most words today derive from z-r-x's
meaning of "shine" or light". There seems to be one reference, though,
in masechet Shevi'it, where the word |misheyazrixu| refers to the
reddening of the sky at dawn, before the sun has risen or anything is
shining.
Dan Sulani
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likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a
A word is an awesome thing.
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