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HEBREW.
We have to examine whether the main results attained
for the IE. languages are visible in Hebrew. We have to look
at the emotional sounds in which the nasal sound n appears,
the nature-sounds and the sounds with final n, which designate
either “to strike, press, smash, push, thrust” (palatal n) or
“curved, round, swollen” etc. (velar n).
Emotional sounds:
’n-h1 “to sigh, to moum”
’n-h “to sigh”
’n-n “to complain, to murmur”
’n-ph “to breathe through the nose”
’n-q “to groan, to moan, lament”
’n-s “to be weak: sick”
and we can surely add those Hebrew roots with initial n, which
have approximately the same meaning as those mentioned
above:
n’-m “to utter, speak”, Arab. na’ama „groan, sigh”
n’-q “to groan, lament”
nh-gh2 “to wail, lament”
nh-r “to snort”
nph-h “to blow, breathe”
nph-s “to respire, take breath”(?)
ns-bh “to blow”
ns-m “to breathe, pant”
ns-ph “to breathe, blow”
Nature sounds:
nbh-’ “to announce, to prophesy”
nbh-h “to bark”
nbh-’ “to flow: bubble up; to pour forth, to utter,
to declare”
nh-m “to grumble or growl, to murmur”
nh-q “to bray (as the ass)”
nc-r “to roar as a young lion”
cn-h “to answer in singing, to sing”
rn-h “to rattle”
m-n “to shout for joy”
Roots designating “to strike, press, smash, push, thrust” etc.: