“Genesis” is a word that is both the Greek for the first book of the Bible and the origin, formation or creation of anything living or inanimate. It derives from the Greek verb “gignesthai” that means ”to be born” or “to become.” Words such as “gene” and “genealogy” tha...
In Genesis 17:5, the Lord promises Abram that he would be the father of many nations — in Hebrew: אב המון גוים, 'ab hamon goyim— but that does not mean that Abram's new name, namely Abraham, means Father Of Many Nations. After all, when we name our ...
As a means of generating abstract nouns, this suffix evolves from an independent word only in West Germanic languages. Among the words formed from the basis of nouns are those whose first part denotes any person, for example: deganheit 'valor', diubheit 'theft', kindheit 'childhood', narra...
, 2009: The genesis of syntactic complexity: Diachrony, ontogeny, neuro-cognition, evolution, Philadelphia: John Benjamins.Givon, T. (2009). The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity, Amsterdam : Benjamins.Givon, T. (2009): The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity. Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, ...
The suffix "-ic" conveys the distance between this type of music and (French) Surrealism, i.e., the "official" group led by André Breton. The former may resemble the latter stylistically, but the two should not be conflated. References Adorno, T.W. 1991. Looking Back on Surrealism [...
“chaos theory” refer to dynamical systems reflecting the time dependence of the position of a point in a geometrical space. This phenomenon was described in the above-mentioned works of Lorenz (1972,1995) and Li and Yorke (1975). The genesis of the chaos theory and its links with non-...
Genesis 16:13tnHeb“God of my seeing.” The pronominal suffix may be understood either as objective (“who sees me,” as in the translation) or subjective (“whom I see”). Genesis 16:13tnHeb“after one who sees me.”snFor a discussion of Hagar’s exclamation, see T. Booij, “Haga...
Genesis 1:14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:To divide the day and night is physical, to change the seasons is physical, days and years is ...
Genesis 35:3tnHeb“in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (seeGen 28:20). Genesis 35:4tnHeb“in their hand.” Genesis 35:4tnOr “the rings that were in the ears of the idols.” The third person plural suffix on the wordבְּ...
Genesis: 1. Genesis Genf: 1. Geneva Genick: 1. back of the neck, nape Genius: 1. genius | 2. spirit Genosse: 1. buddy, companion, comrade, pal | 2. colleague | 3. companion Gensdarm: 1. gendarme, patrolman Genua: 1. Genoa Genuß: 1. fun, pleasure Genußsucht: 1. hedonism...