Re: [lojban] Re: Ezekiel 1:4

[Pierre Abbat <phma@oltronics.net>]

On Monday 05 November 2001 16:50, A.W.T. wrote:
> sa`arah (samekh+ayin+resh+he) is "storm"
> ` ayin or ` ein (ayin+jod+nun) is "eye", "spiritual eye", "Schein" (shine)
> = or "spring/fountain"
> "(ha)chashmil" (chet+shin+mem+lamed)?: Don't know exactly - having to do
> wi= th fire, electricity etc. (chashmal=electricity,
> chashmél=electrify...)
> "amber" (Bernstein) would be `inbar (ayin+nun+bet+resh)
> "ynogah": could you spell it in Hebrew?

yod-shwa' nun-cholam gimel-patach he-mapiq. The yod is broken in both my 
copies and may be a vav.

What did "chashmal" mean in Biblical times?

phma