E 0175         (TO)  CLEAVE

The verb " to cleave " is of Germanic origin .

H 0490            ף ל כ

Concept of root : to cleave, chisel

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ף ל כ

kelaph

hatchet, chisel

Related English words

to cleave, cleft

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ף ל כ

kelaph

hatchet,

chisel

k . l . p(h)

Greek

γλαφω;

-

γλυφω

glapho;

-

glΰpho

to chisel (off);

to sculpture

g l . ph

Dutch

kloven ;

-

kloof

kloven;

-

kloof

to cleave, split; 

cleft

k l . v

English

to cleave ;

cleft

to cleave; cleft

c l . v ;

c l . f

 

 

Hebrew *KELAP --- *KLŌP- Indo-European

 

 

 

This rare Hebrew root K.L.P is found in Psalm 74:6 .

 

Roots express both verbs and nouns, often both in one and the same language . In confronting Indo European languages with Hebrew, it happens that we find a verb used in one, but a noun in the other. Remains a common origin of both .

 

In this entry we see a rather specialized root. We see in English and Dutch the third consonant F becoming a V between vowels. This is common unless the F doubles into FF. The Hebrew and Greek third consonant P also becomes F (PH) as is normal.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. Regretfully we have no specific evidence that would allow a solid hypothesis. Therefore we mention just the Hebrew word.

 

b>Note:
  • Proto-Germanic. About all languages have the initial consonants "KL", though sometimes spelled as "CL". The third consonant is "V" or "B", but also according to the position, "F": "cleave, cleft"; Old English "cleofan, clyft"; Old Saxon "kliovan, klovo"; Old High German "chlioban"; German "klieben". Middle Dutch "clieven, cloven, clove, cluft"; Dutch : "klieven, kloven, kloof"; Old Norse kljufa, klauf; Norwegian klöve, klov"; The vowels seem to have an origin in the classic group of "O, U, Ü" in which diphthongs or single " I " 's may develop. In this case it is difficult to hypothesize the situation in Proto-Germanic, but "*KL Ō B-" is not improbable. Such a form may have a predecessor with final " P " in Indo-European.

 

Note:
  • Indo-European. There is no specific evidence from other groups of languages. On the basis of the information from Greek and Germanic one may surmise a form "*KL Ō P" or perhaps "*KL Ū P".

 

 

 
"...the town, to which was given the name Babel, because it was there that the Lord confused the language of all the world on the face of which He dispersed them. GENESIS 11,9"
 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 29/10/2012 at 18.11.01