E 0255          DICAST

The word " dicast " is of Greek origin .

H 0239            ק ו י ד ב

Concept of root : according to the rules

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ק ו י ד ב

bәdiuq

right, exact

Related English words

dicast

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ק ו י ד ב

bәdiuq

right, exact

d i q

Greek

δικαιος

dikaios

exact , right, regular

d i k

English

dicast

dicast

d i c

 

 

Proto-Semitic *DOQ --- DIK- Greek

 

 

We have chosen the word "bediuq" in Hebrew, because it is very common , but in fact it is composed of the prefix "B" and the word "dièq", that indicates "exactitude, rightness".
The corresponding verbs are " ד ו ק , doq" ( modern " ד ק , daq") and " ד י ק , dièq", for "to be exact".

 

 

Note:
  • Greek. The Greek word covers a vaster ground than the Hebrew one . It includes the concept of "according to the norms" , besides that of "exactness" as in Hebrew . This difference is not such as to prevent the conclusion that the existing similarity, may be based on a common origin in the far past. The root is "D I K".

 

Note:
  • Hebrew expresses concepts in the realm of justice with another root : "ד י ן , D Y N ". One remarks that the first two components are the same as those seen in "ד י ק , D Y Q ".

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. The roots "D W Q" and "D Y Q " seen in Hebrew, have their cognate in Aramaic " ד י ק, dayèq = to reckon exactly". This gives some basis, be it a narrow one, for the hypothesis that Proto-Semitic, as so often, already used the same root we find in Hebrew. "*ד ו ק, D O Q" and perhaps also the newer "*ד י ק, D Y Q."

 

Note:
  • Hebrew and Greek. Apparently Greek maintained one root to cover both exactness and justice, whereas Hebrew diversified , using two partly different roots for the two concepts .

 

Note:
  • English " dicast " , a loan word , refers to an old Greek term for judges and jurors in ancient Athens , as " person who says what is right " . Also in modern Greek a "δικαστης , dikastis " is a judge .

 

 

 

 
"...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: 08/10/2012 at 9.45.19