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Bible Lexicons

Gesenius Hebrew Grammer

Part 82

§82. Primitive Nouns.

The number of primitive nouns in the sense used in §81 is small, since nouns, which in other languages are represented as independent noun-stems, can easily be traced back in Hebrew to the verbal idea, e.g. names of animals and natural objects, as שָׂעִיר‎ he-goat (prop. shaggy, from שָׂעַר‎), שְׂעֹרָה‎ barley (prop. prickly, also from שָׂעַר‎), חֲסִידָה‎ stork (prop. pia, sc. avis), זָהָב‎ gold (from זָהַב‎=צָהַב‎ to shine, to be yellow). Thus there remain only a few nouns, e.g. several names of members of the body in men or beasts, to which a corresponding verbal stem cannot be assigned at all, or at any rate only indirectly (from other Semitic dialects), as קֶ֫רֶן‎ horn, עַ֫יִן‎ eye.

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