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2.2.3 Conclusions
What regularities may one deduce from these examples? Two rules seem to
emerge.

First Rule: “Objects” that are related in time would share an extreme-position
letter in the right sequence—namely, the latter object would start with the same
letter as the last letter in the preceding object.

Second Rule: If one object evolves naturally from another, either one or two
letters may be shared, dependent on how much the newly evolving object departs

from the originating object. For example, since a “fruit” is a “flower” in a different
form (they do not coexist, as do human generations), two letters are shared; simi-
larly, since the knee is part of the thigh, also two letters are shared (not one—refer
to section 10.2 for details).

2.3 Information in Unrelated Hebrew Words of a Common Root
In section 2.1.1, sets of Hebrew words sharing the same root, yet having different
meanings, have been explored. How the words’ meanings are nevertheless inter-
related was easily explained based on the basic concepts of the Bible. For example,
the pair “sin” and “miss” (a target) share the same root, with understandable inter-
relationship. Or the root Ch.L.L produces several words, all of which indicate
emptiness, which in the last analysis leads to the understanding that they all are
traceable to the ultimate “emptiness”—namely, emptiness from God.
There are, however, cases where it is much harder to trace why sets of words
share the same root. Subject to our basic assumption that there is design in the
structure of the Hebrew language (its rules and its ingredients), such words,
seemingly unrelated, require more exploration in order to fathom the underlying
concept that binds them together with a common root. An example for such
seemingly unrelated words is given in chapter 3, where two words with a shared
root—meaning, essentially, “to happen by chance” and “cold”—are probed. These
words are, in fact, the subject of the chapter. Another example is given in sec-
tion 6.2. Yet another example is given in section 11.1, where an attempt is made
to explain the relationship between “river” and “light,” two obviously unrelated
words sharing the same root.
Some other examples for seemingly unrelated sets of words sharing the
same root are addressed in this section. The section is unique in that we do not
attempt to give any explanations for these sets of words. Yet some clues at possible