RU 1272         RAZRYESHATJ

H 0829             ה ש ר ה , *ה ש ר

Concept of root : allowing

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

; *ה ש ר

ה ש ר ה  

rashà;

hirshà

*to decide;

to allow, authorize

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

    ה ש ר ;

    ה ש ר ה

rashà;

hirshà

*to decide; to allow, authorize

r . sh .

Russian

решить;

разрешать

reshitj;

razreshatj

to decide ;

to allow, authorize

r . sh

 

 

Proto-Semitic *RASHÀ --- RESH-ITJ Russian

 

 

This entry is related to number E 0720 (Hebrew 0798) , with the word " ר א ש , rosh = head, boss", but here we do not find the Aleph, א. Yet we see a related adjective meaning in a word that has an Aleph after the Shin : " ר ש א י, rashai = "authorized" and ר ש י ו ן , rishion = "authorization". As there exist thus three versions : first "R Aleph SH", then "R SH Aleph" and finally also "R SH", without Aleph, the Aleph in all probability was not essential in the original root. As a consequence also the roots in entry E 0720 (Hebrew 0798) of Latin "rex" and Hebrew "rosh" are even nearer.

 

Note:
  • Russian is the source of similarity with Hebrew in this entry . The second verb is composed of two parts, of which the first is, "раз , raz". "Raz" means "one" and is used in many expressions, but it is also a prefix that can have different and contrasting messages, such as : "dis-, un-, away, off " but also "very ". The second part is an independent verb, "решать , reshatj" that stands for "to decide, determine". Our composed verb carries the same meanings, but on top of that also that of "to authorize, allow".

 

Note:
  • Hebrew varies the meaning of its basic verbs by different compositions, that may contain prefixes as well as changes in vowels. Thus here, from the typical action of a boss, that is "to decide", we go to "make decide for themselves" or shorter "to authorize". And Hebrew uses the causative form, that has a prefix consisting of an " H " with a vowel " I " : "hirshà". The causative form also changes the first vowel A of a standard verb into a nearly mute E, that is left out in modern transcription. Normally the second A of the standard form is changed into a vowel " I ", but in this case it has remained " ‘A " : "hirsh’A".

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. This root is present in Aramaic with a neutral prefix Aleph "א ר ש י , arshé = he permitted, allowed". A cognate might be seen in Akkadian "rashu" that says "creditor" or as verb "to possess, lend". But the difference in message is thus that a loan into Hebrew must be excluded. The basis for a hypothesis of a Proto-Semitic root similar to Hebrew is narrow but realistic : "*ר ש , R SH + accentuated vowel".

 

Note:
  • Latin, though having the noun "rex = king" and the verb "regere = to rule" seems not to have created derivations with a meaning of "to allow" or "to authorize".

 

 

 

 
"...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: 27/11/2012 at 10.17.34