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GR 1168 ERANNOS
H 0173 ב ר ע
Concept of root : pleasant
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ב ר ע
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‛arav;
‛arev
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to be
pleasant;
pleasant, nice
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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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ב ר ע
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‛arav;
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‛arev
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to be pleasant;
pleasant
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‛a r b
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Greek
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εραννος
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erannos
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pleasant, likable
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e r a (n)
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Proto-Semitic *‛ARAV --- ERA-NNOS < ERA-O Greek
This Greek root has become a very important one in most modern languages with the creation of the word "ερως , eros". This already in classic Greek meant "love, passion, desire".
Note:
- Greek and Hebrew. Just as in entry GR 1169 (Hebrew 0172) we find in Greek an N where Hebrew has a B/V. It occurs in Greek that a consonant "M", a full labial, is changed into an "N". An interesting example is the word "μ α ν α, mana = mamma, mother." But in this case the "N", that with the adding of the suffix has been doubled, is a diversifying extension of the older root on which "erannos" is based, that is found other words. These are "εραω , erao" and "εραμαι , eramai", that both say "to love and desire".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root in seen in Aramaic " מ ע ר ב, me‛arav = pleasing", a narrow but not too unrealistic basis for a hypothesis for Proto-Semitic "*ע
ר
ב, Ayin R B" .
Note:
- Indo-European. No etymology has been established for the so important Greek root of the many words like English "eros, erotics"! Consequently we have no hypothesis outside Greek.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 22/12/2012 at 16.40.39 |
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