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Fascinating stems...
Connie L Started conversation Aug 27, 2002
Really interesting, and quite easy to follow...
Isn't hebrew using the same mecanics (putting the meaning of words in the consonants, and their grammatical classification in vowels) ?
I had a discussion with a (very) litterate friend a few years ago, whose personal feeling was that sanskrit also had the same approach to link sounds (consonants) and meaning...
Do you know if, like in the hebraic tradition, Arabic links a meaning (often a virtue, or an object, in the case of Hebrew) to each consonant ? Like (from not so recent readings, pardon me if I got it mixed up) /B/ for 'the House', /L/ for 'Law/Rules', etc. ?
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thepauper Posted Jun 7, 2006
I cant answer the second question-but Arabic does use the vocalic values to represent grammatical meaning..
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Delicia - The world's acutest kitten Posted Sep 17, 2007
most interesting *marking this*
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