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GR 1220 ORGÈ
H 0813 ש ג ר
Concept of root : restless
agitation
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ש ג ר
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ragash;
regesh
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to be
restless, agitated ;
to be
feeling, sensation
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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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Hebrew
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ש ג ר
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ragash;
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regesh
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to be restless, agitated;
feeling, sensation
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r . g . sh ;
< *r . g .
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Greek
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οργη
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orgè
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agitation, temperament, natural impulse, sensation
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(‘) . r
. g .
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Proto-Semitic *RAGASH --- *O-RG-È Greek
This entry is related to GR 1237 (Hebrew 0814), that has a root with a different third consonant, Z instead of SH. But also that entry has to divide the ground with similar number GR 1239 (Hebrew 0815). And there is as well the related entry GD 1045 (Hebrew 0804).
The difference between D and Z , in this case between Hebrew "R.G.Z" and Greek "R.G.D", exists, but the distance can be small. English has changed the existing initial D of very many Germanic words into a TH that is pronounced as a sort of united "DZ". The most simple example is "the" from "de".
But also Modern Greek pronounces its D's as TH, making them sound "DZ" as in English . Of course English also uses a different "th" as in "think". The D-sound in Greek has become very rare, and where it occurs it is spelled "NT".
The meaning, found for the Hebrew root "R.G.Z" in this entry , exists as well for the root "R.G.SH", in this actual entry GR 1220 (Hebrew 0813).
Note:
- Greek has various words that begin with "οργ- , "org-" dealing with different forms of agitation and consequences of such agitation. Some correspond with Hebrew roots , like those in this and the abovementioned entries GR 1237 (Hebrew 0814) and GR 1239 (Hebrew 0815). But also entry E 0644 (Hebrew 0177) shows such a word, related to a Hebrew root beginning with an Ayin plus of course a vowel as in Greek.
The Greek initial vowel O is not found in the Hebrew root of this entry, and is a later addition, a vowel as prefix, which is frequent in Greek but exists also in Hebrew as seen in that entry E 0644 (Hebrew 0177) we just referred to. The agitation of "orgè" is basically unspecified and can be directed to many different things. A specific use is that of "anger", that we find in Hebrew with the third consonant Z, in "R G Z".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. We see this root in Aramaic and Syriac "ר ג ש , regash = he felt, perceived, was disturbed, tumulted", and in Syriac "ר ג ש א, régeshà = uproar, the senses, organs of senses". Perhaps it has a cognate in Arabic "rajasa = he tumulted", in which as often the G" has become a " J " and the "SH" an "S". This root probably was used in Proto-Semitic: "ר ג ש , R G SH".
Note:
- Inndo-European. In searching for an etymology of Greek "orgè", the Germanic word "to work" has been proposed, but "excitement" is very far from "work". Well, "orgasm-", a Greek word clearly related to "orgè", is sometimes proposed as related to "urgent", but also to the concept "go away, push off" as in Sanscrit "vargami". We have to confess that we do not see these ideas reflecting an etymology for "orgè".
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