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Root z-y-t

Phoenician ↔ Hebrew

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐤆-𐤉-𐤕↔ z-y-t. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤆-𐤉-𐤕
  • 𐤆𐤉𐤕noun
    either olives or their oil
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Hebrew

he
root: z-y-t
  • זֵיתָאzétanoun
    zeta (the sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ))
  • כְּזַיִתk'záyitadv📜 Job.15.33
    little, small amount, small portion
Canonical root family: z-y-t