RAMI IBRAHIMJan 21 minWords Denoting Protection in Some Middle Eastern Languages The Hebrew word מָגֵן, which has meanings related to protection and defense including "shield", is found in the Bible 63 times. Moreover, this word is obviously shared with Phoenician. The Phoenician word 𐤌𐤂𐤍 has the same meaning and pronunciation, but it is written using a different script, of course. Its perceived equivalents in Classical Arabic, معن ،مغن, seem to having encountered a sound shift as well as a meaning shift. Arabic seems to have borrowed words from Persi
RAMI IBRAHIM Jan 2 1 min Words Denoting Protection in Some Middle Eastern Languages The Hebrew word מָגֵן, which has meanings related to protection and defense including "shield", is found in the Bible 63 times. Moreover,...
RAMI IBRAHIM Dec 27, 2020 1 min Some Akkadian Terms Amurru is the word which Akkadians used to refer to the west of the Euphrates (Aram, Syria). When describing the Amorites, who lived in t...
