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GD 1075 RASTE
H 0834 ה ץ
ר
Concept of root : likable
behaviour
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ה ץ ר
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ratsą
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to give
pleasure, be likable
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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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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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ה ץ ר
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ratsą
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to give pleasure, be
likable
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r . ts .
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Middle Dutch
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raste
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raste
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pleasure, gladness, joy
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r . s t
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Proto-Semitic *RATSÀ --- *RASTE Middle Dutch
The Hebrew verb "ratsą" has a rich range of meanings, all constructed in the atmosphere of human good will and the wish of doing well. We selected those that come nearest to one of the specific meaning of the Dutch cousin-word "raste", that also carries a range of messages.We note that there is a metathesis between TS and ST, which is a quite possible and even common development in pronunciation.
Note:
- Middle Dutch and Hebrew. "Raste" has been lost in modern language . Already in old times it had become an isolated word. German "rast" has and had a different meaning, akin to English "to rest" and with cousins in Dutch "rust" but also Middle Dutch "raste, roste, ruste, riste ".
An important thing is that Middle Dutch applied "raste " for the two concepts of "peace" and "rest", which places it culturally very near to Hebrew thinking, as expressed in the use of the root "SH L M", found in the well-known word "shalom".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. Identical roots carry the meanings of "to count, enumerate" and "to run". In this last meaning there is also an older version "ר ו ץ , R W TS". In the sense of this entry, this root is found also in Aramaic and Syriac "ר צ ה , retsą, he had pleasure in, liked". OS Arabic used "ר צ ו , ratsu = to be pleased with". Then there is a cognate in Arabic "radiya = was well pleased with". This root was probably present in Proto-Semitic : "* ר צ ה, R . TS + H (accentuated vowel)". Naturally this is a transcription of the, always hypothetical, Proto-Semitic root.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 27/11/2012 at 11.44.45 |
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