low (location)
→
meek
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme | šāpāl | |
Meaning 1 | low | wə-yādəʕū kol-ʕăṣē ha-śśāde kī ʔănī yhwh hišpaltī ʕēṣ gāboăh higbahtī ʕēṣ šāpāl; Hez. 17:24: 'and all the trees learned that I, Yahwe, felled the high tree, made high the low tree'; |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | humble | kī-rām yhwh wə-šāpāl yirʔe wə-gāboăh mi-mmerḥāḳ yəyēdāʕ; Ps. 138:6: 'because Yhwh is in the highness and sees a humble one, and he knows a proud one from far'; |
Reference | ||
Comment | HALAT 1506-07. Сf. Also Is. 57:15: mārom wə-ḳādoš ʔeškon wə-ʔet-dakkā ū-šəpal-rūăḥ lə-haḥăyot rūăḥ šəpālīm ū-lə-haḥăyot lēb nidkāʔīm |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme 1 | c(h)ac | |
Lexeme 2 | c(h)acglux | |
Meaning 1 | low | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | obedient, humble | |
Reference | ||
Comment | АрмРС 666 |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme 1 | tāḥtāy | |
Lexeme 2 | təḥut | |
Meaning 1 | 'lower, inferior' | kanfaru tāḥtāy yaʕabbi; 'his lower lip is big' (LLA 554); |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | 'humble, humiliated' | yawāhān wa-təḥutān; (Jes. 26:6) 'the mild and the humble' (LLA 553); |
Reference | ||
Comment | LGz. 572 |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme | humilis | |
Meaning 1 | low | humilis arbor |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | humble, obedient | humilis preces humble request |
Reference | ||
Comment | Glare 809 |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language 1 | Latin | |
Language 2 | French | |
Lexeme 1 | humilis | |
Lexeme 2 | humble | |
Meaning 1 | low, close to the ground | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | humble | |
Reference | Sakhno 2009: 107 | |
Comment |