'Hebrew- English Parallels
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Words by Letters
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ber – bare: The Hebrew word “bai-er” means to destroy altogether, eat up. The English word “bare” means “nothing there” In other words the bai-er in Hebrew means make “bare” in English.
“bai-er” in Hebrew can also mean “burn” and that may be where the English word “burn” comes from.
ber - in Hebrew can also connote farm animal in Hebrew and may be related to the English “bear” in the sense of “suffer” or carry and this is also the source of the English word “burden.”
belah in Hebrew means swallow whereas in English "blow" " means the opposite of swallow but it is a related movement of the mouth.
boor – in Hebrew means “uneducated, ignorant” perhaps related to the English ebrew boor meaning make uninteresting.
bor - bore In English connotes drill a hole compared to the Hebrew “bore” meaning hole, and the Hebrew “baer” meaning well of water.
buy – in English means purchase cf. Hebrew and Aramaic bai meaning require, request.
cavil, quibble - both in English mean argue, complain, and in Hebrew the words kabel, kablanah both have the same meaning.
give - in English means deliver up, cause another to take something. In Hebrew "giv" means cause another to give to you.
grade, degree, -after undergoing metathesis (switching the syllable around) derive from the Hebrew darga meaning degree or ranking related to the Hebrew dereck meaming way to go (Rueven Chaim Klein).
Hesitate - in English means delay, prevaricate cf. HISES in Hebrew meaning the same.
lull - in English means cause to fall asleep compared to Hebrew “Lailah” meaning night the time of sleep.
Teach - in English means instruct whereas tokiak in Hebrew means reprove.
turn - in English means “place in the line” whereas “tor” in Hebrew means the line itself or the place in the line.
when, were, where, - all have Hebrew equivalents when it is realized the Hebrew -VE was pronounced as “we” so too the English “why” is the Hebrew “ve-ei” and the English “which” is the Hebrew “ve-ish.”