GR 1193          KAI

H 0526           י כ

Concept of root : so it is

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

י כ

ki

when, yet, even

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

י כ

ki

when, yet, even, likewise

k i

Greek

και

kay

when, yet, even, likewise

k . y

Latin

que-, quoque

que, quoque

and, also, anyway, even likewise

q w .

 

 

Proto-Semitic *KĪ --- *KAI Indo-European

 

 

The foremost common meaning of Greek "kai" is "and", or "also". The foremost common meaning of modern Hebrew "ki" is "because". But in the classic languages we find numerous shades of meaning , that partially overlap each other. Such meanings we have mentioned above in order to show the degree of similarity.

 

 

Note:
  • Greek and Hebrew have a difference in that Hebrew has chosen to pronounce the "yod" as a vowel "I", whereas Greek has chosen to insert a vowel A, leaving the "yod" an "Y" sounding as consonant.

 

Note:
  • Latin "que-" is somewhat further away, as its usage corresponds with the message "and, also", that has become the main one of Greek "kai". But in the word "quoque" with the first part "quo" meaning "in the case", the suffix "que-" carries the same meaning of "likewise " we encounter in the Greek and Hebrew words.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. This root is seen in Aramaic and Moabite "כ י , ki = as, like". Akkadian "ki" carries the same message. Phoenician and Ugaritic express the same meaning with the "כ , K-". Probably Proto-Semitic had : "כ י , K Y".

 

Note:
  • Indo-European.

     

    Slavic has a hypothesis of "*sē" and also of "*sī", for the meanings of "and, also". In Russian the word "се , sē" still exists in popular language, with the meaning of "see, there, there is".

     

    Baltic with a hypothesis of "*kai" is very near Greek.

     

     

    Indo-European probably had "*K Ā Y" with the meanings of "and, also" but as well "likewise, when, even".

 

 

 

 
"...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: 02/11/2012 at 18.29.52