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RU 1274
ZAPAS
H 0859 ק פ
ס
Concept of root : providing
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ק פ ס
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sippèq
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to
provide, procure
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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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ק פ ס
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sippèq
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to provide, procure
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s . p . q
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Russian
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запас
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zapas
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provisions, stock
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z . p . s
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Proto-Semitic *SAPAQ --- *ZAPAS Russian
This Russian word gives the result of the action, the Hebrew word the action itself. The final S-found in Russian corresponds with the final Q-sound in Semitic. But then this Hebrew verb "sippeq" is a so-called intensive form of basic "sapaq", that stands for "to be sufficient, suffice", a natural origin for the concept of "to provide", that is registered in Post Biblical Hebrew, but in all probability was used in Biblical times.
Note:
- Hebrew. There are other words with a root "S P Q" that have quite different meanings, but
there is in fact some confusion regarding the use of the two letters that have an S-sound, the
Samekh and the Sin.
We find :
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ס
פ
ק | to clap hands beat |
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ש
פ
ק | to clap hands, beat |
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ס
פ
ק | to provide |
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ש
פ
ק | to be sufficient |
Note:
- Proto-Semitic . This root is also seen in Aramaic and Syriac "ס פ ק , sephaq" and may have a cognate in Arabic "tsafaqa = he struck the hands". It may well have been in use in Proto-Semitic "*ס פ ק , S P Q".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 28/11/2012 at 10.50.26 |
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