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GD 1078 REPEL
H 0824 ת פ ר
Concept of root : stall
pole
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ת פ ר
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rephet
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stable,
stall
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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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ת פ ר
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rephet
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stable, stall
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r . ph . t
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Dutch (dialectal)
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repel
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répel
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stall-pole
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r . p . l
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Proto-Semitic *RAPH --- *RĂP Indo-European
Looking at entry E 0711 (Hebrew 0821) we see the basis of both words, a wooden balk . Now this balk has become a pole because it has been placed upright and is used to tie an animal to it.
The difference between this old Dutch word, used only in part of the Netherlands and Flanders, and Hebrew, lies in the third consonant, L respectively T. This may mean that these names for the specific use of a pole for the tying of animals were specified later, after the languages had separated or begun to separate. Or they should be considered like dialectal or regional differences. Their two-consonant first basis anyhow remains similar.
To specify this, a third consonant is added to the root. Each language does this in its own way . Hebrew makes it "R.PH.T", and this T does not surprise . It may have been simply a suffix "-ET" for the shaping of a feminine substantive. In Dutch we see appear an L, and in the ways of that language the L is not surprising either. It may be for example a diminutive.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. We lack evidence for a supposition, but Arabic "raff"" , seen in entry E 0721 (Hebrew 0821), without an extension as seen here for Hebrew "raph" > "rephet" ( with a typical Hebrew change of vowel ) , has an extension in meaning : "enclosure for sheep and goats". The root probably was indeed in use in Proto-Semitic: "*R . P, raph".
Note:
- Proto-Germanic. Also here we lack evidence from other languages for a supposition. We dare to refer again to entry E 0721 (Hebrew 0821) , where we find an Indo-European hypothesis "*RÈP", that we amended there into "*RĂP".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 26/11/2012 at 17.39.55 |
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