ז־נ־ח

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic [script needed] (zanaḥa, “to repulse”), Arabic نَزَحَ (nazaḥa, “to be distant”, via metathesis), and Akkadian zinū (“to be angry”).

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Root

ז־נ־ח • (z-n-ḥ)

  1. Related to rejection, abandonment, negligence.

Derived terms
Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־נ־ח‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Further reading
  • “ז־נ־ח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • “ז־נ־ח”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “זנח”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 200c
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “ZNX”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168
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