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Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/淵

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
淵
わだ
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology edit

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 淵 (“deep”), to native Japanese archaic word わだ (wada, “sea”), instead of the traditional Japanese reading ふち (fuchi, “deep”), to denote, "The deep (sea)".

Noun edit

淵 (わだ)[1] → 海 (わだ) (archaic word: wada)

  1. "the deep" (refering to the deep sea)

Quotations edit

  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    地(ち)は定形(かたち)なく曠空(むなし)くして黑暗(やみ)淵(わだ)の面(おもて)にあり神 (かみ)の靈(れい)水(みづ)の面(おもて)を覆(おほひ)たりき
    Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
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