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Order of Letters in Verbal Roots of Arabic and Hebrew
I came across the verbs כרע (krʕ) in Hebrew and ركع (rkʕ) in Arabic, both meaning something like "bow, kneel." Is it possible these words are cognate, and if so, why would the letters have ...
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Are some numbers considered cognates between Semitic languages and Indo-European languages? [duplicate]
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In hebrew and arabic, the number 7 is "sheva" and "sabah" respectively, and the number six is "shesh" and "sita" respectively. These numbers sound very ...
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Is the Ethiopian word "falash[a]" related to the words Philistine or Palestine?
I apologize I don't know how to read Amharic or Ge'ez well (at all) [I am most certainly only an amateur at linguistics], and my Hebrew and Arabic are also poor. But I can't help but wonder if the the ...
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