GR 1185          GORGOS

H 0446            ה ר ח

Concept of root : mental fire

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ה ר ח;

ה ר ח ו

gharà;

ghoré

to burn;

burning (ardour, zeal, rage)

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ה ר ח;

ה ר ח ו

gharà; ghoré

to burn ;

burning (ardour, zeal, rage)

gh . r .

Greek

γοργος

gorgos

ardent (fig.)

g . r

 

 

Hebrew GHORÉ < Proto-Semitic *GHARÀ * --- *GOR- Greek

 

 

This Hebrew root has come to indicate above all various forms of mental fire, as referred to here. That places it near the Greek use of this root..

 

Note:
  • Greek probably has repeated the " G ", together with the following " O ", leaving us an original form " GOR " as we have indicated.

 

Note:
  • Hebrew for "ardour" also has the nouns " ח ר ו ן, gharon " and " ח ר י , gharì ".

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. This root is also found in Aramaic and Syriac "ח ר ה , gharà" and "ח ר י נ א , gheryan'à = contention, strife". There is a cognate in Arabic "gharwah = burning sensation in throat, (specifically) from rage". It probably was already used in Proto-Semitic. "*ח ר ה , GH R H (accentuated vowel)".

 

 

 

 

 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 27/10/2012 at 16.12.36