GD 1102          SLOOYEN

H 0905            ל ל ש ; ה ל ש

Concept of root : to draw out

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ל ל ש ; ה ל ש

shalà ; shalal

to draw out

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

, ה ל ש

ל ל ש

shalà, shalal

to draw out

sh . l . >

sh . l . l

Middle Dutch

slooyen

sloyen

to trail, drag, haul

s l .  y

 

 

Proto-Semitic *SHALÀ, SHOLÉ --- *SLOOY-EN Middle Dutch

 

 

Boaz, upon having seen Ruth and having invited her to eat together with him and his men, told them to "draw out" ears of wheat from the sheaves so that she might collect them.

 

On the other side, this root seems to be found only in Dutch, not in sister-tongues. This is an interesting and amazing fact : Dutch has conserved many more ancient roots than its sisters, and through that many similarities with Hebrew can still be found.

 

Note:
  • Hebrew. The verb shalal also has the meaning of "to loot". This is culturally, or better unculturally linked to the idea of "drawing out, away something". It has in modern language become the main use of this root.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. The three consonant root "SH L L" is a perhaps specific Hebrew, development out of the two consonant root "SH L Hé = with accentuated vowel". The shorter version is seen in Aramaic "ש ל א, shel'à = he drew out" and in Arabic "salla = he pulled out". This was probably already used in Proto-Semitic: "*ש ל א. For the comparison we add a version with the vowels " O " and " E ", that may have been in use in Proto-Semitic as well.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Germanic . Middle Dutch "slooyen" is out of use and other verbs with a final P ( slopen, slepen) or R (sloren, sleuren, slieren) have taken up its positions, be it not fully. The full scale of interesting diversifications is out of the scope of this list. We can see one with the third consonant P in entry E 0771 (Hebrew 0913). There is no support from other languages on which to base a hypothesis for Proto-Germanic.

 

 

 

 
"...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: Thursday 7 February 2013 at 16.09.57