El verb hebreu ḥåyâ (חיה) 'viure': origen etimològic d'un verb doblement dèbil

Authors

  • Eulàlia Vernet i Pons

Abstract

The Hebrew verb ḥåyâ ( חָיהָ ) to live: the etymological origin of a doubly weak verb. This article offers an etymological reconstruction of the Hebrew verb ḥåyâ חָיהָ) ) to live. A doubly weak verb, its origins can be traced back beyond the Proto- Semitic period to the very ancient Proto-Afro-Asiatic period.
On the basis of evidence from the oldest Semitic and Afro-Asiatic languages, the article reconstructs the aforementioned Hebrew verbs Proto-Semitic and Proto-Afro- Asiatic root and provides new etymological observations on hitherto unnoticed aspects thereof.

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2012-02-23

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Vol. 7 (2011)

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