Ancient Hebrew etymologies

Every word traced so far and the root it lands on. The descent, the correspondences and the argument behind each one need an account.

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49 entries

בראbara
bara (kubara)to beget, to bring forth, to give birth; in Karanga and Ndau craft use also to pare or hollow out+1-0conf 762026-07-28
תמךtamakh
Tsvambato grip, to clutch, to seize and hold fast in the hand+0-0conf 582026-07-28
תְּהוֹםtehom
-thamato be wide, to stretch out, to open out broadly; breadth, an open expanse+0-0conf 572026-08-03
תֹּהוּtohu
tuhuempty-handed, with nothing, destitute; also tuhwa, plain, bare, unadorned, blank+0-0conf 722026-08-03
שָׂפָהsaphah
Rusapa (stem -sapa)flap, loose fold, the drooping edge of skin or hide+0-0conf 442026-07-29
שעה
-shevato glance sideways, to look askance, to peer out of the corner of the eye+0-0conf 712026-07-28
שִׁנְעָר
Shanhurato strip, to shake off, to pull apart, to scatter what was joined+0-0conf 442026-07-29
שָׁמַיִםshamayim
shamato gape, to open wide, to be astonished; also to be dry, to dry up, to wither+0-0conf 642026-07-28
רָקִיעַraqia
kurakato spread out, to lay out flat (grain, hides, mats set out on a surface)+0-0conf 612026-08-02
רחףrachaph
+0-0conf 02026-08-03
רוּחַruach
ruhwaopen cleared field, a wide expanse of open ground, the outdoors+0-0conf 542026-08-02
רֵאשִׁיתreshit
rashato be uppermost, to set at the head, to send ahead; in the nominal murasha, the foremost one, the senior, the head of a line+0-0conf 712026-07-28
פָּנִיםpanim
Pindurato turn, to turn round, to turn back; to answer, to turn a word back to its speaker+0-0conf 612026-08-03
פוץputs
putsato break, to smash, to demolish, to break up a gathering+0-0conf 822026-07-31
עֶרֶבerev
guruvadust, fine earth raised in the air; haze, the dimming of the air+0-0conf 542026-08-05
עִירir
Hurato open up, to uncover, to lay bare; to open the eyes+0-0conf 582026-07-29
מַיִםmayim
mvurawater, rain+0-0conf 312026-08-03
מִגְדָּלmigdal
gadzirato make, to build, to set up firmly, to put right+0-0conf 622026-07-29
לַיְלָהlaylah
rarato lie down, to sleep, to spend the night+0-0conf 622026-08-04
לְבֵנָהlevenah
-rebhato be light-coloured, to be pale, to fade; also to slacken, to hang loose+0-0conf 442026-07-30
לבןlaven
rabvugreyish-white, whitish, pale, ash-coloured, said of a hide or a dun-coated beast+0-0conf 642026-07-30
יראyare
Vherato be on the alert, to keep anxious watch, to peer about warily+0-0conf 622026-07-28
יוֹםyom
-yemato stand, to stop, to halt; of the sun, to stand still at its height+0-0conf 542026-08-05
טוֹבtov
-tobato be soft, to be soaked soft, to become tender+0-0conf 622026-08-05
חֹשֶׁךְchoshekh
husikunight, the dark hours, the unlit time+0-0conf 722026-08-03
חֵמָרchemar
-himurato blow up, to inflate, to cause to swell or puff out+0-0conf 542026-07-30
דָּבָרdabar
dabirato move backwards, to withdraw, to shift to the rear, to give ground+0-0conf 712026-07-29
בֹּקֶרboqer
bakurato split open, prise apart, break open (variant bakuka, to come apart)+0-0conf 722026-08-05
בֹּהוּbohu
bwoideophone of a thing gaping open, of a hole yawning wide, of hollowness+0-0conf 342026-08-03
בדלbadal
badurato tear off, pluck off, split open, strip away+0-0conf 782026-08-05
בָּבֶלBabel
bhabharikato swing wide open, to flap open, as a door or shutter flung wide+0-0conf 582026-07-29
אֶרֶץerets
hurutsato raise dust, to make dust rise; causative of huruka, to rise+0-0conf 542026-07-28
אֱלֹהִיםelohim
Ishelord, sovereign, master, the one in front+0-0conf 542026-07-28
אוֹרor
Hwirato shine, to be bright, to glow (extended hwirira, to gleam; compare hwerera, to clear up)+0-0conf 722026-08-02
ΣιώνSion
Ziyasweat, perspiration; the heat that draws moisture out of a body or a surface+0-0conf 542026-07-28
Zakhár
Zikirato know thoroughly, to recognise, to be acquainted with, to hold in mind (applicative of -zika / -ziva, to know)+0-0conf 622026-07-27