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GR 1129 ALALIA
H 0129 ה ל ע
Concept of root : wickedness
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ה ל ע
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‛olà
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wickedness
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Related English words
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none
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Comparison between European words and
Hebrew
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Languages
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Words
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Pronunciation
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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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ה ל ע
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‛olà
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wickedness
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׳o l
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Greek
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αλαλια
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alalia
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wickedness
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a l a l
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Proto-Semitic *‛OLA --- *ALAL Greek
This is one of these not too few examples of similarity to be seen between Hebrew and Greek without clear links to other Indo-European tongues.
The Greek word has doubled the syllable with "L", giving more expressiveness to the word. Hebrew has done a comparable thing in a second word with the same meaning of "wickedness" and on basis of the same root, but spelled, as it seems wrongly, without the letter ו ,"Waw " : "ע ל ת ה , ‛olatà".
Note:
- Hebrew. In reality this word is based on a root that has three elements : "
ע
ו
ל" . The central letter, called "waw", can be pronounced in various ways, from "O" or "U" to "W" and even "F". And so we find two words for wickedness, "ע ל ה" , pronounced "׳olà" and " ע ו ל ה" , pronounced " ׳awәlà ". This changing of the sound of the letter "waw" is one of the most interesting phenomena in Hebrew.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is seen as derived from the similar one that says " to rise", and that was indeed also present in Proto-Semitic. Regarding the specific meaning of this entry we find further evidence : in Aramaic a word "ע ו ל א , pronounced "׳awel'à". Then there is Syriac "א ע ו ל" , pronounced "'a׳ewal". The Hebrew verb "ע ו ל , pronounced "׳awwal = to act wrongfully", has a sister in Arabic "‛ala = he went off the right course". So Proto-Semitic probably had this root " *ע
ו
ל" .
Note:
- Indo-European. There are no known links to other Indo-European groups. Therefore we must limit ourselves to the similarity between Greek and Hebrew.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 30/09/2012 at 17.48.59 |
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