A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75–100

Militarev, Alexander

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“…1 For some detail on the methodology of such a reconstruction see, e.g., Militarev 2010Militarev , 2011Militarev , 2012 For some other hypotheses about the kinship terminology of the proto-indoeuropeans see, e.g., Kullanda 2002Kullanda , 2013 3 For a recent summary of such evidence see, e.g., Anthony 2007Anthony , 2013Anthony and Ringe 2015. 4 Which, however, does not exclude the possibility to test eventually the compatibility of the reconstructed proto-Indo-European kinship terminology with the archaeological data on settlement plans of the populations of Neolithic Greece.…”

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Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1930–2019)

Chase‐Dunn¹,

Inoue²,

Hall³

2019

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Currently, the main source for the reconstruction of the most ancient history of humankind is archeology, which almost by definition makes it possible to restore only just a few elements of the most ancient human culture (naturally, almost exclusively -material culture). A mere introduction of comparative linguistic data makes it possible to significantly refine our reconstruction of a respective culture. If a certain linguistic Urheimat may be localized in space and in time within the area and lifespan of a certain archaeological culture, this suggests that we may have an idea of the lan-Korotayev et al. / Evolution of Eurasian and African Family Systems 287guage spoken by respective population, as the application of comparative linguistic methods allows us to reconstruct the vocabulary of the carriers of the respective protolanguage, that makes it possible to identify a set of terms denoting the realities of family organization, political attitudes, beliefs, etc. A very important part of the reconstructed vocabulary is constituted by the kinship terminology. As is well known (and as is demonstrated in this article again), the kinship terminology displays rather strong correlations with respective types of kinship organization, which could allow to reconstruct important features of clan and family structure of the respective populations. This reconstruction can be further verified by using archaeological and genetic data. It is demonstrated that the papers presented at the International Workshop 'Murdock and Goody Re-visited: (Pre)history and evolution of Eurasian and African family systems' that was organized in April 2015 by the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology suggest that we are close to having all the necessary ingredients to undertake such a program of a deep historical reconstruction.

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Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1930–2019)

Chase‐Dunn¹,

Inoue²,

Hall³

2019

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“…The Sem. < AA basic vocabulary (100 wordlist) was examined in a series of lexicostatistical-etymological papers by Militarev (2010;2012;2014;. 12 Starting from the promising model of reconstructing the Semitic ancestral culture from the proto-lexicon (cf., e.g., Fronzaroli 1960Fronzaroli -1971Fronzaroli , 1975Tyloch 1975;Conti 1978), the Russian authors have ventured the PAA level, the Russian linguists have almost always only been engaged in acquiring and working with proto-lexicons of an entire branch in the best case, 18 so they massively neglected the more recent diachronic SAA levels in most segments of their comparative lexical contexts (the only exception being the early WCh.…”

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New lexical materials for the Proto-Afro-Asiatic anatomical and physiological terminology I: Body part names with initial labials: General terms, head and neck

Takács

2022

linpo

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The paper constitutes the first part of a long-range series of studies gradually elaborating the enormous new materials of the anestral anatomical-physiological vocabulary of Proto-Afro-Asiatic, supposed to be the earliest known parental language spoken by the earliest known neolithic community on earth. This series is parallel to the author’s ongoing projects for a comprehensive analysis of the diverse segments of the immense new cultural lexicon that has emerged in course of the author’s root research over the past some three decades.

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“…1 The etymological proximity in Hebrew of ʿāpār and ʾēper 2 and the association of ʾēper with ashes and crumbled dust in Hebrew as well as in other Semitic and Hamitic languages confirm the assumption that dust is closely related to ʿāpār. 3 In Hebrew, this basic meaning of ʿāpār extends to connotations of soil, earth of the grave, mortar used for plastering houses, debris of houses and cities, ashes, and even dirt. Figurative meanings such as abundance, scattered/dispersed, self-abasement, and humiliation are also easily integrated into the semantic field of ʿāpār as dust.…”

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“…Tyre is famous in the Bible for trade in precious stones (Ezek. 27:22,24) and cedar wood (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9). Trading in ore is suggested in Ezek.…”

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Forgotten Meaning of ʿāpār in Biblical Hebrew

Amzallag¹

2021

JAOS

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It is argued in this study that ʿāpār, in the context of mining expressed in Job 28:2, 6, probably denotes neither ‘dust’ nor related materials (‘earth’, ‘dirt’, or ‘ashes’), as is generally assumed, but ‘metallic ore’. A similar designation of ʿāpār as ore is identified in Job 30:6 and Ezek. 26:12. Further examination reveals the figurative use of ʿāpār as ore in Job 22:24, Isa. 34:9, and Isa. 41:2. In contrast to the abasement, humiliation, and worthlessness that are closely related to dust, metallic ore is associated with preciousness, rarity, and wisdom. Consequently, disregard of the figurative meaning of ʿāpār as ore may generate misunderstandings of the biblical text. It may also conceal a theological reality. For example, the identification of ʿāpār as ore in Prov. 8:26 promotes homology between Lady Wisdom and the Egyptian goddess Hathor in Prov. 8:22–31. In Gen. 3:14, it stresses the metallurgical background of the Hebrew myth of origin and helps to clarify its significance. The meaning of ʿāpār as ore in Isa. 65:25 even transforms the metallurgical theological component into the source of eschatological developments. It is concluded that the ‘ore’ dimension of meaning of ʿāpār coexists in Biblical Hebrew with the traditional association of ʿāpār with dust and that the disregard of this dimension overlooks the meaning of these verses and the theology that inspires them; it also reflects misunderstandings of Biblical Hebrew after the Persian period.

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A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75–100

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Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1930–2019)

Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1930–2019)

New lexical materials for the Proto-Afro-Asiatic anatomical and physiological terminology I: Body part names with initial labials: General terms, head and neck

Forgotten Meaning of ʿāpār in Biblical Hebrew

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