ז־נ־ח

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic [script needed] (zanaḥa, “to repulse”), Arabic نَزَحَ (nazaḥa, “to be distant”, via metathesis), and Akkadian zinū (“to be angry”).

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Root

ז־נ־ח • (z-n-ḥ)

1. Related to rejection, abandonment, negligence.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־נ־ח (0 c, 4 e)

Further reading

• “ז־נ־ח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “ז־נ־ח”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “זנח”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 200c
• A. Murtonen (1989) “ZNX”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168