I need the english meanings for aien-resh-vet and alef-hey-vet.
2006-10-28 06:23:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Ayin- Resh- Vet (ערב) brings up words such as:
Erev (evening), Arav (Arabia), Arav [to sink (the sun)], Arav (to be pleasant), Arev (pleasent), Arav (to guarantee), Erev (to mix), Arev (guarantor), Aruba (guarantee)...
Alef- Heh- Vet (אהב) is the root of: Ahav (to love), Ahavah (love), Hitahev (fell in love), Ahuv (beloved)...
2006-10-28 10:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by yotg 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hebrew Language: Root Words
The vast majority of words in the Hebrew language can be boiled down to a three-consonant root word that contains the essence of the word's meaning. For example, the first word of the Torah is "bereishit," meaning "in the beginning." The root is Resh-Alef-Shin, which means "head" or "first." (See Hebrew Alphabet to learn the letters). It is the same root as the "Rosh" in "Rosh Hashanah" (first of the year, i.e., Jewish New Year).
There are surprisingly few root words in biblical Hebrew, but we get a lot of mileage out of the ones we have. For example, from the root word Qof-Dalet-Shin, meaning "holy," "sacred" or "sanctified," we get kedushah (holiness), kiddush (a prayer over wine sanctifying Shabbat or a holiday), Kaddish (an important prayer commonly thought of as a mourning prayer), aron kodesh (holy cabinet - the place in synagogue where the Torah scrolls are kept), and kiddushin (betrothal). Less obviously, from the root Samech-Dalet-Resh, meaning "order," we get siddur (the daily prayer book, which sets for the order of prayers), seder (the Passover family ritual, which must be performed in a specified order) and sidrah (the weekly Torah reading, also called a parshah).
A substantial amount of rabbinical interpretation of the Bible is derived from the relation between root words. For example, the rabbis concluded that G-d created women with greater intuition and understanding than men, because man was "formed" (yeetzer, Gen. 2:7) while woman was "built" (yeeben, Gen. 2:22). The root of "built," Bet-Nun-Heh, is very similar to the word "binah" (Bet-Yod-Nun-Heh), meaning understanding, insight or intuition.
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2006-10-28 13:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by Rosemary G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aien-resh-vet means pleasent. One must behave in a way that is pleasing to society.
alef-hey-vet I think means love.
2006-10-28 13:33:11 · answer #3 · answered by crystalc419 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go look them up in the original Strongs Exhaustive Concordance.
2006-10-28 13:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to google and type translate. Type that word and see what it shows
2006-10-28 13:28:51 · answer #5 · answered by Damitajo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋