what are some english words that are clearly taken from Lashon Hakodesh and adapted. I wonder if other languages have as many as English has. Here are two I know of.
קרן : horn, cornets are in the shape of a horn hence the name 'cornet'!
תרופה : remedy, in English we like to say 'Therapy'!
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The word Water is an interesting one.
English: What, Water
Hebrew: Mah, Mayim
French: Quoi, Aqua
Yiddish: Vas, Vasser
The Maharal somewhere or other explains that this is because water does not have a shape and takes the form of its container. There for it is always referred to as a form of the What word!
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Fruit in English is פירות in Hebrew.
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I think the word "Oppressive" comes from Pisom and Ramses, the 2 cities that Pharoah forced the Jews to build in Egypt. It was oppressive labor because the ground there was soft and the foundation kept sinking.
alphabet = alef bet cinnamon - ×§×™× ×ž×•×Ÿ sapphire - ספיר snapper (fish) and scales - ×¡× ×¤×™×¨ וקשקשת
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Word-Dictionary-Reveals-English/dp/1561719420
The Word: The Dictionary That Reveals The Hebrew Source of English
Book Description
Publication Date: February 2001
This landmark dictionary proves that English words can be traced back to the universal, original language, Biblical Hebrew. "Genesis II" supports a 'Mother Tongue' thesis, and the Bible also claims that Adam named the animals. This may seem difficult to accept, but then why do the translations of the following animals' names: Skunk, Gopher, Giraffe and Horse actually have corresponding meanings in Biblical Hebrew, such as: Stinker, Digger, Neck and Plower! The book features overwhelming data suggesting that the roots of all human words are universal, and that words have related synonyms and antonyms that must have been intelligently designed (perhaps by the designer of life himself!) The current hypothesis that language evolved from grunting ape-men may seem like the flat earth theory after reading this book. The 22,000 English-Hebrew links provide surprising evidence, and open new worlds of understanding, once we consider that all of these similar words could not be coincidences.
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