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E 0369 GIBBOUS
The word " gibbous " has its
origin in Latin .
H 0345 ן ב ג
Concept of root : hunchback
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ן ב ג
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gibben
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hunchback
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Related English words
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gibbous
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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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ן ב ג
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gibben
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hunchback
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g . b
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Latin
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gibba ;
gibber
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gibba
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gibber
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hunch-back
hunch-backed
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g . b
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Italian
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gobba
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gobba
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hunch-back
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g . b
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English
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gibbous
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gibbous
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g . b
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Proto-Semitic *GŪB --- *KŪP- Indo-European
The similarity is strong. The final N in Hebrew is a normal way of shaping a noun on the basis of a root.
Note:
- Indo-European. There is a general belief that the words of this entry are related to those of entry E 0448 (Hebrew 0343) that have the message of "high", and that both have to be seen as derived from an Indo-European root "*keu" for "to curve". This is not impossible, but improbable as the supposed "*keu_" itself. See the next Note.
Note:
- Indo-European and Hebrew. If we follow for a moment the trail set by European scholars, leading from that old hypothetical root "*keu" for "to curve" to "high", we may try to find a corresponding root in Hebrew. If we add the probable relationship of the words of this entry to those of number E 0448 (Hebrew 0343), we get a step nearer. We recall that a hunchback in Dutch is also a "hoge rug" or "high back".
Hebrew has a root "
כ
פ
ף , kaphaph " undoubtedly an extension of "*kaph" ( = hollow of the human hand), that means "to bend, curve", as an action of the human hand. It seems also related to some of the words in the annexed Table. Of course "KAPH" is not exactly "KEU". But the European words for "bend" or "curve", as well as some others that would be based on this root KEU, in reality already have a final labial. For that reason we would hypothesize an Indo-European root "*KUP" or "*KUV" as point of departure for words like "curve". This shows a greater nearness still between Germanic and Hebrew. And also with Greek "κυφος, küphos = hunchbacked".
Note:
- Hebrew. In the annexed Table annexed Table we have shown a number of Hebrew words, from which we can deduct some interesting facts. One is that, as expressed also under E 0448 (Hebrew 0343), the alphabetic codification of the Hebrew language as spoken in the days of Abraham, shows that the letters Beth (B, V, W) and Waw (W, O, U) have been used also within the same root. Apparently the scholars who did this job were more than one, and they had not had the possibility of analysing thoroughly the structure of the language and the roots that were at the basis of it. One sees as well that the letter P was used at the end of a word in substitution of B or W. The only explanation seems to be that some speakers "thinned" a final W into a final PH or F. The registration of this sound resulted in the use of the letter Pè or P.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. We find two parallel hypothesizes : " *gab . b " and " * g . b . n ". This is simply based on the fact that whereas Hebrew has "G B N", Arabic has "G B B". As remarked, this Hebrew final N is a normal way of shaping a noun. This is also seen in Aramaic. The final B is a doubling of the second consonant, and is found also in Amharic and in Syriac. Obviously Proto-Semitic had a two consonant root " *"ג ב , G . B " . More then one vowel may have been in use, but we hypothesize in the comparison a vowel " Ū ".
Note:
- Russian. It is useful to mention a related Russian word for "hunchback, boss", together with transferred meanings like "back, nape of the neck". In this brief word an infix "R" after the vowel is seen : "горб, gorb" , found in the surname "Gorbatsjov".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 18/10/2012 at 14.23.12 |
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