to weave
→
to reckon
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | חָשַב ḥāšaḇa | |
| Meaning 1 | to weave | ḥōšēḇ cloth-worker, embroiderer |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to assume; to impute, to reckon to | wә-hä-ˀä̆mīn
ba-yhwh wa-yyaḥšәḇähā lō ṣәḏāqā (Gen 15:6) And he believed in God, and he counted it to him for righteousness. |
| Reference | HALOT: root 3295-3297 | |
| Comment | Borrowed from Egyptian. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Egyptian | |
| Lexeme | ḥśb | |
| Meaning 1 | to weave | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to reckon | |
| Reference | HALOT: root 3295 | |
| Comment | For more see Goldmann ABR 1:135ff., Driver WdO 2:255ff. |
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Obviously, via the intermediate stage 'to count, to calculate'.