THE ALEPH/A PREFIX - א of negation
Aleph-Yod,אי EeY, is a standard negative prefix, added on
to words with a hyphen. Here it is
proposed that the initial Alef/A letter alone, within a three-consonant root,
can sometimes function in this same way.
In English the prefix A- means “not,” as in ASYMMETRICAL.
The Indo-European (IE) root for A- is ne (not), just
as the Hebrew prefix, Aleph-Yod or אי
EeY- is believed to be a short form of אין AiYN, not
Sanskrit has both a- and an-. [INSOMNIA]
The negative prefix Aleph-Yod is found in I Samuel 21:4. A baby boy is named Ichabod to say איכבד Eey-KaBHoaD, “there
is no” honor. In Phoenician the negative
prefix is also אי EeY.
In Modern Hebrew, איפשר EeY-EFSHaR means “impossible.”
It is not impossible that Aleph alone can mean “not” without being an abbreviation of אין AiN (not). Just as Aleph can be an article, like “A”
meaning “one exists.” [A] This chapter is all about the existence of
negative images, of anti-matter, like negative numbers in the perfect, designed
world of mathematics. Aleph/A should therefore also be able to
infer that “none exists.” Such is the science of Edenics, “the thing
and its opposite” in terms of Hebrew studies.
So think of this proposed Aleph/A
prefix as an anti-article.
In an important
component of the ancient Semitic languages that add to our knowledge of
Proto-Semitic or Edenic, Akkadian, ai, e or i is this negative
prefix. There is no Yod or Y, nor any indication that it is an abbreviation of a longer
negative term. Moreover, I and ii
mean “not” in Saami (Lapp).
There are several Edenic words that begin with Aleph, where the Aleph alone can mean negation.
No negative prefix is employed or intended. Nonetheless, when one analyzes the Edenic
word as a chemical compound, with modular elements of meaning, a one-letter (Aleph) element of negation emerges to “negate”
the two-letter sub-root. Here are 14
examples:
1) אבל
ABHaL,
Aleph-Bhet-Lamed, but, only (Genesis
42:21). בלל Bet-Lamed means a mixture of
components [BALL]. A + BL could mean NOT
mixed together with others – as in “but” and “only.”
2) The other Aleph-Bhet-Lamed word
is pronounced אבל ABHeL, meaning: a mourner or the verb to mourn. [OWL] [WAIL]
The noun of mourning is אבל AyBHeL. Once again the two-letter sub-root is בל B-L togetherness seen at “BALL” and the world’s most
popular language-sound for “two.”
Mourning is about feeling the isolation of losing the two-ness,
the relationship with a loved one. The Bet-Lamed
mix or relationship has been negated (Aleph
prefix) by death.
3)
אגוז EGOAZ, Aleph-Gimel-Zayin, means
a nut, that which is אגז AGahZ or bunched
together [ZYGOTE]. גזז GaZaZ means cut, shear, separate.
A + GZ
could mean that which is not separated.
4) אדם ADaM, Aleph-Dalet-Mem, means man, Adam, man of
earth or earthling. ,דמ דממה Dalet-Mem means
silence [DUMB]. A + DM could mean
the one species (Man) that is “NOT silent,” as the world’s only speaker.
5) אדמה
ADaMaH, Aleph-Dalet-Mem
means earth, land. [DEMOCRACY] דמ, דם Dalet-Mem also
means liquid. [DAMP (A)]. A + DM could mean the dry land, or that which is NOT
wet on this blue planet.
6) אדון
ADOAN, Aleph-Dalet-Vav-Noon,
means lord or master. [ADONIS] דין, דון Dalet-Noon means law. – [DAMN]
A + DN
could mean the one entity NOT under the law, in someone else’s jurisdiction ( מדינהMiDeeYNaH).
[MADONNA]
7) The אזוב AyZOABH (hyssop plant
-- Exodus 12:22) provides physical and spiritual cleansing for the ritually
unclean, like the discussed זב ZahBH
(person with a uncontrolled discharge of sexual fluid or a זוב ZOABH
-- Leviticus 15-33). [SEEP]
8) The final ח Het notwithstanding, an אזרח EZRa[K]H is a citizen or native (Leviticus 16:29), who is NOT (א) an
alien or stranger, a זר ZahR
(Leviticus 22:13).
9) אכל
AKHaL, Aleph-Khaf-Lamed, to consume, finish off,
thus eat. Khaf-Lamed is the sub-root of
completeness. (WHOLE at the ALL entry)
At the “EAGLE” entry of this eminent destroyer and eater one sees the Khaf-Lamed
word of completing a creation. This
wholeness and creation is negated with the Aleph
prefix.
10) אמת
EMeT, Aleph-Mem-Tahf, means truth. [ETYMOLOGY] מת Mem-Tahf means death. [CHECKMATE]
A + MT
could mean that which is undying (truth).
11) אסר
A$aR, Aleph-Samekh-Resh,
is to harness, tie, forbid or imprison (Genesis 40:3). סר Samekh-Resh
means to turn aside or stray.
[SWERVE] A + $R could mean
confined and NOT allowed to stray.
12) אפרוח
EFROA’ahK[H], Aleph-Phey-Resh-Vav-Het, is a
chick, or baby bird. פרח Pey/Phey-Resh-Het is to
break out, to fly. [FLIGHT] A + FRK means the baby chick as the bird that cannot yet
manage flight.
13) אשכול
ESHKOAL, Aleph-Shin-Kaph-Vav-Lamed, means a cluster or group. [SCHOOL] שכול SHiKOOL, just the Shin-Kaph-Vav-Lamed, means bereaved [SINGLE].
A + SHiKOOL could mean NO individuals lost from the group
(of children or grapes).
14) אשם ASHahM, Aleph-Shin-Mem,
means guilt. [ASHAMED] שם Shin-Mem is a name,
fame and reputation (Genesis 4:17). א
/ A + SH-M
means the loss of face, of good
name, of reputation that comes with shameful guilt.