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The Hebrew Roots
Mah (Mem)
By Jeff A. Benner

Parent Root
מא   /   MA

Verb: ?       Noun: Hundred

Pictographic Meaning: ?
Root Meaning: ?
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1277




Parent Root
מה   /   MH

Verb: ?       Noun: Sea

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph m is a picture of water.
Root Meaning: The sea (Mediterranean) is a place of the unknown (what is beyond or what is below). It is feared by the Ancient Hebrews because of its size, storms and fierceness. A hundred as an unknowable amount.
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1281

Child Root: / מה / MH   Verb: ?   Noun: Sea
Root Meaning: The sea as the place of the unknown or anything that is an unknown or in question.
AHLB#: 1281 A

Child Root: / מהה / MHH   Verb: ?   Noun: Linger
Root Meaning: A questioning of forward motion.
AHLB#: 1281 B




Parent Root
מל   /   ML

Verb: Speak       Noun: Word / Continue

Pictographic Meaning: ?
Root Meaning: A continuation of segments, which fill the whole.
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1288

Child Root: / מלל / MLL   Verb: Speak   Noun: Ear
Root Meaning: A chain of words blended together to form sentences.
AHLB#: 1288 B

Child Root: / אמל / AML   Verb: Speak   Noun: Word
Root Meaning: Chain or words to form a sentence. Also a sickness as a break in the chain of the body.
AHLB#: 1288 C

Child Root: / מלא / MLA   Verb: Fill   Noun: Firstfruits
Root Meaning: A conglomeration of ingredients for filling up something.
AHLB#: 1288 E

Child Root: / המל / HML   Verb: ?   Noun: Speech
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 1288 F

Child Root: / מהל / MHL   Verb: Mix   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A filling with another substance.
AHLB#: 1288 G

Child Root: / מול / MWL   Verb: ?   Noun: Front
Root Meaning: The front of a long series of the same. The past is seen as "in front" in ancient Hebrew thought because the past can be seen while the future is unseen and therefore behind.
AHLB#: 1288 J

Adopted Root: / נמל / NML   Verb: Cut   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: ?
AHLB#: 2407




Parent Root
מן   /   MN

Verb: Firm       Noun: Pillar / Sure

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph is a picture of water, the is a picture of a seed. Combined these mean "water and seed".
Root Meaning: When a seed is watered the plant comes out from it growing tall and firm.AI3543
Edenics: man; name - a reversal of the letters; animal; omen
AHLB#: 1290

Child Root: / מנן / MNN   Verb: ?   Noun: Number
Root Meaning: A numbering of a kind.
AHLB#: 1290 B

Child Root: / מאן / MAN   Verb: Refuse   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A strength of the will.
AHLB#: 1290 D

Child Root: / מנה / MNH   Verb: ?   Noun: Number
Root Meaning: The grouping together and counting of those that are of the same kind.
AHLB#: 1290 H

Child Root: / מון / MWN   Verb: ?   Noun: ? / Likeness
Root Meaning: Those that come from the same kind, look alike.
AHLB#: 1290 J

Child Root: / ימן / YMN   Verb: ?   Noun: Right
Root Meaning: The right hand as the strong hand. The Hebrews oriented direction according to the rising sun therefore, the south is to the right.
AHLB#: 1290 L

Child Root: / מין / MYN   Verb: ?   Noun: Kind
Root Meaning: A category of species as coming from the same kind.
AHLB#: 1290 M




Parent Root
מץ   /   MTs

Verb: Squeeze       Noun: ? / Strong

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph is a picture of water representing might, the representing the side. Combined these mean "mighty sides".
Root Meaning: When one strengthens the sides internal pressure is forced on the sides of the upper body.
Edenics: ?
AHLB#: 1294

Child Root: / מצץ / MTsTs   Verb: Suck   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A pressing with the lips.
AHLB#: 1294 B

Child Root: / אמץ / AMTs   Verb: ?   Noun: ? / Strong
Root Meaning: A strong pressure or pressing. A mental strength of courage or determination.
AHLB#: 1294 C

Child Root: / מצא / MTsA   Verb: Find   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: In the sense of squeezing something out of its hidden place.
AHLB#: 1294 E

Child Root: / מצה / MTsH   Verb: Wring   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A squeezing out of a liquid by wringing.
AHLB#: 1294 H

Child Root: / מוץ / MWTs   Verb: ?   Noun: Chaff
Root Meaning: When a seed of grain is squeezed the chaff is removed.
AHLB#: 1294 J

Child Root: / מיץ / MYTs   Verb: Wring   Noun: ?
Root Meaning: A squeezing out of a liquid by wringing.
AHLB#: 1294 M




Parent Root
מת   /   MT

Verb: Die       Noun: Man / Mortality

Pictographic Meaning: The pictograph is a picture of water representing chaos, the is a picture of two crossed sticks representing a mark or sign. Combined these mean "chaos mark".
Root Meaning: The length of time that something exists and ends.
Edenics: mute; moot - as a dead point; mortal - with an additional r and l; mate - of "check mate" meaning "king is dead"
AHLB#: 1298

Child Root: / מות / MWT   Verb: Die   Noun: ? / Death
Root Meaning: The end of time for what has died.
AHLB#: 1298 J

Adopted Root: / צמת / TsMT   Verb: Terminate   Noun: ? / Permanent
Root Meaning: Something that is permanently removed or destroyed.
AHLB#: 2669



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