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The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible

generic meaning of "flow", demonstrating the close relationship between the Parent and
Child roots.

Table 6

Hebrew Meaning Connection to root

PFEWilt Flowing away of life

PFIEmpty Flowing out of contents

PIFPanic Flowing of the insides

IPFAged Flowing away of youth

PJFFlood Heavy flowing of water

PFMSteam Flowing of water

ADOPTED ROOTS........................................................................................................

An adopted root is a three letter root that is formed out of a parent root. These roots
evolved over time out of the original parent roots. Adopted roots are formed by adding
a third consonant to a Parent Root forming a new root that is more specific in meaning
than the parent. In Table 7 adopted roots formed out of the parent root VT (with the
generic meaning "to break") are listed. Each of the adopted roots have a more precise
meaning of "to break".

Table 7

Hebrew Meaning

LVTBreak forth

OVTBreak apart

\VTBreak in pieces

UVTBreak off

]VTBreak open

There are also a few four letter adopted roots in the Biblical text, sixty-seven in all.
Because of the scarcity of these roots it appears that these roots came into existence at
an even later date than the three letter adopted roots of which there are hundreds.