English Word
HAIL
Edenic Word
HaLeL
Hebrew Word
הלל
Transliteration
Hey-Lamed-Lamed
Pronounciation
ha-LAIL
Conversion
[HLL]
Roots
To HAIL is to shout in greeting, to name by
way of tribute, or to salute. Middle English hailen is to salute. The
etymology lapses to terms of health, such as Indo-European “root” kailo (whole,
uninjured, of good omen).
KoL is all and [K]HaYiL is health; see ALL and
HEALTH. QOALis voice (see CALL). HeeLaiL is to praise (Jeremiah10:23); HaLiLOOYaH
(HALLELUJAH) means "praise ye the Lord!" - Psalms146.
Branches
HALLOW is from Old
English halgian (to bless, consecrate). Instead of the praiseworthy
Hebrew etymons above, HALLOW and HOLY are linked to Indo-European kailo- where they
are allegedly cognates of WHOLESOME and HEALTH. To HALLOO (shout) a HOLLER of
HELLO or German heil is to HAIL –
see
CALL.
A
greeting’s blessing should be about the aquaintenc’s health – see HEALTH.
This may be why HAIL sounds like HALE (healthy).
QeLe$
is praise, but HaQaiL is to belittle and QaLeL is to curse (Exodus
21:17). This Koof-Lamed (guttural-liquid) term is the sound-alike antonym of
our entry’s Hey-Lamed. It may also lead to the CR of CURSE (evoking wrath from
a supernatural power), whose etymology is unknown. One guess is, appropriate
enough, Late Latin coruptiare (to corrupt). CUSS is thought to be a corruption
of CURSE or of “customer.” Besides Ka’[A]$ and Ka’[A]S (anger, vexation), the
Het-Sin of of the cursed, hissing NaK[H]aSH (snake – see SNAKE) are possible
Edenic contributors to CUSS. NiK[H]OOSH, sorcery, also recalls the magical
power of cursing.
The HAIL of
HAILSTONES is traced to Germanic haglaz and to the Indo-European “root” kaghio
(pebble, hail). The English term CHALAZA is not cited as a cognate,
although it is from Greek chalaza (hailstone). The Indo-European “root” of CHALAZA
and CHALAZION is gheled (hail). This takes us to Arabic galid
(snow).
For a KGL
(or KLG) term to match Indo-European kaghio (pebble), there's QeeLahGH
("slingstones"- Job41:20).
The Hey of
HaLeL can go silent as well as harden. Irish aille, blessing, seems
related.
Related Words
HALO
