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E 0393 GRAVE, GRAFAN
The words " grave" and Old English " grafan " are of Germanic origin .
H 0788 ר ו ק
Concept of root : to
excavate
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ר ו ק
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qor
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to
excavate
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Related English words
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grave, Old
English grafane
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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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ר ו ק
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qor
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to excavate
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q (o) r
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Old English
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grafan
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to excavate
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g r . (f)
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French
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creux;
creuser
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cr(eu);
cr(eu)sé
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hollow;
to excavate
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c r (eu) c;
c r (eu) s
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Lombardic
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crosio
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crosio
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hollow valley
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c r (o) s
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German
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graben
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graben
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to dig
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g r . b
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Dutch
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graven
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ghraven
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to dig
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g r . v
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Proto-Semitic *QOR --- *GRĀB Indo-European
This entry is related to entry number E 0386 (Hebrew 0505 , "karà" ). The striking thing is that we see once more how the same concept, expressed by a root beginning with a K-sound, in Hebrew sometimes receives a Kaph, (K) , sometimes a Qoph (Q). The difference between the two is that the K is subject to changes, especially according to its position in a word, whereas the Q does not ever change. Apparently, when people began to write alphabetically, the two sounds when occurring at the beginning of a word were not easily distinguishable.
We refer to the extensive Notes under entry E 0386 (Hebrew 0505).
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is found in Ugaritic to express the digging of for example a well. Arabic "qāra = he cut (dug) a round hole" seems to be related. The root as found in Hebrew may have been used in Proto-Semitic : "*ק ו ר , Q W R".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 24/11/2012 at 16.14.46 |
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