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RU 1267 KAK
H 0483 ך כ
Concept of root : as, like
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ך כ
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kakh
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as,
like
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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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ך כ
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kakh
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as, like
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k k
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Russian
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как
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kak
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as, like
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k k
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Proto-Semitic *KAKH --- *KAK Russian
The only difference lies in the pronunciation of the second K, that in Russian remains as it is, but in Hebrew becomes KH at the end of a word. A rather perfect similarity with all probability of a common origin.
Note:
- Hebrew . There is a reasoning according to which the Hebrew word "כ ך , kakh" of this entry would be an abbreviation from Biblical "כ ח ה , kakhà", with the same meaning. It might as well be the other way around. Then "כ ח ה, kakhà is further considered a doubling of "כ ה, ko", and that is less convincing, also because of the variations of different meanings this little word expresses : "so, thus, here, now". For some reason the thesis is then reinforced by a supposition that "ko" developed out of "ka". We have no certainty at all in this sense, on the contrary, the idea seems doubtful.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic . Similar words to our "kakh" have mostly different meanings. Ethiopian "kagha = there" and Aramaic "ka = here" . Syriac joins Aramaic with the two brief composed words "lekha = hither" and "mekkà = hence". Akkadian than shows us its "ka = so". We prefer a hypothesis that Proto-Semitic, just like Hebrew and Russian, had "*כ ך , K K".
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 29/10/2012 at 9.26.32 |
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