From: Torsten Pedersen
Message: 5775
Date: 2001-01-25
> From: "Torsten Pedersen" <tgpedersen@...>Thank you. I was there already:
>
> > (Here he goes again.)
> >
> > Unless they're (repeatedly loaned) loanwords, of course (2 of 3)
> >
> > www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/man.html
> > www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/bha.html
>
> For what it's worth (about a penny) I agree with you, but then like
> you I am not a professional linguist so I don't have to worry about
> my credentials either.
>
> You may like to consider adding to your list Celtic god Bel
> ("Beltane, the feast of the Fires of Bel"), perhaps Baal (those
> dreadful fire sacrifices), "blask" (Polish brightness, brilliance,
> radiance) - well, the list can be very long. The link between
> "light" and "speak" is attested by the Genesis 1:3 "And Elohim said:
> Let there be light. And there was light."
> Hebrew root AMR means to speak as well as to bring to light ie
> elucidate; light (AVR) has two meanings depending on spelling (ohr
> and uhr) in the second meaning (lights =Urim) means revelation.
>
> Good luck in your researches
>
> Stefan
>
> PS. My knowledge of Hebrew/Aramaic is in the self-taught
> category, so any Hebrew scholar here is asked for indulgence.