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Subject Hebrew Roots of English Words???
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There is a possible connection between the English and Hebrew languages.

Of course, English seems to be an amalgamation of a few different languages: Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Danish (Danes invaded Britain in the 8th century A.D.), French (1099 Norman Conquest), and perhaps more. Later, during the Renaissance, numerous Latin and Greek derived words were added. I believe this blending of different tongues is one of the major reasons for all the unusual difficulties presented by English. It is actually the most difficult language in the world for most non-European foreigners to learn (correctly anyway).

One thing I find very interesting is the evidence for the possibility that many English words have been derived from Hebrew. Here's a few examples (defintions from the Hebrew dictionary of the Strong's Concordance – The Strongest Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, James Strong, Ed. John R. Kohlenberger and James A. Swanson, Zondervan Grand Rapids, MI, 2001). The numbers are those they are listed under in the dictionary).

God
1419 gadol, a. great, large; much, more; this can refer to physical size, quantity, degree and social status (great king, high priest)

Eye
5869 'ayin - eye; by extension: sight; spring, fountain

Sack
8242 saq - sackcloth; sack

Skill
7919 sakal, v. to have success; to cross (the hands and arms in an extended motion); to have insight wisdom, understanding; to prosper, be successful; the potent capacity to understand and so exercise skill in life, a state caused by proper training and teaching, enhanced by careful observation

Pig
6292 piggul, n.m. (ceremonially) unclean meat, kept too long after a sacrifice

Call
6963 qol - sound, voice, noise; lightness (i.e., frivolity or light-heartedness)

The following I took from the online Strong’s Concordance Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Lad
3206 yeled yeh'-led from 3205; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring:--boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).

Suit
3682 kcuwth kes-ooth' from 3680; a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling:--covering, raiment, vesture. (In my Strong’s, the entry reads “kesut” for the English pronunciation.)

Garden
1588 gan gan from 1598; a garden (as fenced):--garden.
1598 ganan gaw-nan' a primitive root; to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect:--defend.
5731 `Eden ay'-den the same as 5730 (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam's home:--Eden.

In Hebrew the Garden of Eden would be pronounced, “gahn ‘Aden”. There is no word for “of”. Placing one noun in front of another implies possession.

Here's links to an Ancient Hebrew language resource site which argues for the Ancient Hebrew origin of the 'Latin' alphabet (the modern Hebrew characters are actually Aramaic or Syrian).

The Hebrew Origin of the English (Latin, Phoenician) Alphabet - [link to www.ancient-hebrew.org]

Edenics: Hebrew roots found in English words - [link to www.ancient-hebrew.org]

Hebrew in Welsh? - [link to britam.org]

Here's a couple more links which show that Hebrew was potentially the mother of the phonetic alphabets (although most scholars claim that Phoenicians developed the first phonetic alphabet - hence the name).

Ancient Scripts: Aramaic - [link to www.ancientscripts.com]
Aramaic/Proto-Hebrew alphabet - [link to www.omniglot.com]

An important thing to consider here is that ancient Phoenicia (based in the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon) was just north of Israel in what is what is now Lebanon.

And here's some webpages that show similarities between the Celtic and Hebrew languages.

Hebrew-Celtic Connection - [link to www.1335.com]
 
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