Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet
whereas the Child Roots derived from them become more
specific in meaning. For instance, the Parent Root "rb"
(BR) means, grain, but can also mean any product of the
grain, such as; fat, meat, fowl, soap and clean. The Child
Roots carry the more specific meaning such as; "rba"
(ABR) meaning, fowl; "arb" (BRA) meaning, fat and
meat; "rhb" (BHR) meaning, soap and clean; and "hrb"
(BRH) meaning, grain.
A working dictionary of the Parent Roots is beneficial to
word studies and Biblical understanding. Two problems
arise when working with Parent Roots. First, not all of the
Parent Roots have survived to this day and second, those
that have survived have often become specific in
meaning, losing the original generic meaning. While the
entire Parent Root system cannot be achieved completely,
there are techniques to reconstructing it for the purpose of
Biblical studies.
Methods for reconstructing the original Parent Root
1. Pictographs - The pictographs provide the basic
meaning of the root as demonstrated previously.
2. Words - By comparing all of the words that are derived
from the Parent Root, the generic meaning of the Parent
Root can be found. For instance, "rb" (BR) means, grain;
"rbrb" (BRBR) means, fowl; and "rrb" (BRR) means,
clean or pure. The more words available, the clearer the
definition of the Parent Root will be.
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