The root גבע, Gen. 44:2
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:53 pm
Here is another example, from a recent reading, to different Hebrew words built up from one root.
From the root גבע, a close relative of גבה, 'high, tall', (composed in my opinion of גאה-עבה) we have the name
גִּבְעָה = ג-היא-בע-היא, 'hill', as in 1Kings 14:23
עַל כָּל גִּבְעָה גְבֹהָה
KJV: "on every high hill"
Also גָּבִיעַ = גב-היא-ע, 'cup, goblet, chalice' (related to the קֻבַּעַת = ק-הוּא-בע-את of Isaiah 51:17 and made tall and narrow to hold a good quantity of wine, while warding off by its shape slosh and spill), as in Gen. 44:2
וְאֶת גְּבִיעִי גְּבִיעַ הַכֶּסֶף
NIV: "my cup, the silver one"
Also (מגבעת = מי-גבע-את) מִגְבָּעָה = מי-גבע-היא, 'hat', (related to the כּוֹבַע of 1Sam. 17:5, and the קוֹבַע of 1Sam. 17:38,) as in Ex. 29:9
וְחָבַשְׁתָּ לָהֶם מִגְבָּעֹת
KJV: "and put the bonnets on them"
NIV: "and fasten caps on them"
all sharing one common trait; all being tall and high גבוֹה, as portrayed by their common root גבע, with a semantic differentiation achieved by a different placement and distribution of the referential personal pronouns within each different word.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
From the root גבע, a close relative of גבה, 'high, tall', (composed in my opinion of גאה-עבה) we have the name
גִּבְעָה = ג-היא-בע-היא, 'hill', as in 1Kings 14:23
עַל כָּל גִּבְעָה גְבֹהָה
KJV: "on every high hill"
Also גָּבִיעַ = גב-היא-ע, 'cup, goblet, chalice' (related to the קֻבַּעַת = ק-הוּא-בע-את of Isaiah 51:17 and made tall and narrow to hold a good quantity of wine, while warding off by its shape slosh and spill), as in Gen. 44:2
וְאֶת גְּבִיעִי גְּבִיעַ הַכֶּסֶף
NIV: "my cup, the silver one"
Also (מגבעת = מי-גבע-את) מִגְבָּעָה = מי-גבע-היא, 'hat', (related to the כּוֹבַע of 1Sam. 17:5, and the קוֹבַע of 1Sam. 17:38,) as in Ex. 29:9
וְחָבַשְׁתָּ לָהֶם מִגְבָּעֹת
KJV: "and put the bonnets on them"
NIV: "and fasten caps on them"
all sharing one common trait; all being tall and high גבוֹה, as portrayed by their common root גבע, with a semantic differentiation achieved by a different placement and distribution of the referential personal pronouns within each different word.
Isaac Fried, Boston University