envious
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passionate, zealous
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ḳanʔa | |
| meaning 1 | to be envious | wa-ʔaṭraya ʔabāgəʕa wa-ʔalhəmta wa-garāwəha bəzuḫa wa-ḳanʔu lāʕlehu sabʔa fələsṭəʔem (Gen. 26:14) He came to possess sheep and cows and many fields, and the people of Philistine started to envy him. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be zealous, be eager | ʔəsma ḳanʔa la-ʔamlāku wa-ʔastasraya la-daḳiḳa ʔəsrāʔel (Num. 25:13); ḳanāʔku lāʕla ʔiyarusālem ʕabiya ḳənʔata (Zach. 1:14) Because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites; I am very jealous for Jerusalem. |
| reference | CDG: 433 LLA: 445 | |
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