for Readers of English A clear and concise work on the origins of Hebrew words and their sense development. Each of the c. 32 000 entries is first given in its Hebrew form then translated into English and analyzed etymologically using Latin transcription for all non-Latin scripts. An indispensable source of biblical Jewish modern Hebrew and Near Eastern studies.

A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English (English and Hebrew Edition)

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Klein, Ernest

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

MacMillan Publishing Company

Although during the last sixty years philology has attained a high degree of development, looking at the literature available, Etymology appears only to have reached the level of philology at the turn of the century. This dictionary is the first major work of its kind in the 20th century, and as such, embodies the findings of modern philological scholarship. For example, full reference is made to Tocharian, the extinct language rediscovered at the end of the Nineteenth Century which often provides the key to the important transition form between the Old-Indian and the Indo-European group of languages to which English belongs. Several hundred words previously defined as being "of unknown etymology" are fully analyzed.The etymology of words of Semitic origin in the English language is given, the transliteration of Semitic words is based on a concept which renders exactly every consonant, vowel and diacritical sign. Hybrids are not only referred to, but in many cases a new, correctly formed word is suggested. Special attention is paid to loan translations (important elements in the cultural interrelationship between the nations) especially in regard to their passage from one language to another. The dictionary also provides the etymologies of proper and mythological names. Exhaustive cross-referencing, allows the reader to trace all words derived from one and the same base.

Klein's Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Elsevier Publishing Company

A clear and concise work on the origins of the Hebrew words and their sense development. Each of the c. 32,000 entries is first given in its Hebrew form, then translated into English and analysed etymologically, using Latin transcription for all non-Latin scripts. An indispensable source of biblical, Jewish, modern Hebrew and Near Eastern studies.

A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Carta, Jerusalem

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