| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  w1. |
| DEFINITION: | To stand, stand up, move. 1. mazel tov, schlimazel, from Late Hebrew mazz l good luck, from mazzl, constellation, zodiac, fortune, luck, back-formed singular from plural mazzlôt, signs of the zodiac, from Aramaic, from Akkadian manzaltu, earlier mazzaztum, stand, position, location of a star, from izuzzu, to stand. 2. mezuzah, from Hebrew m zûzâ, doorpost, mezuzah, from *zâz, to move (not attested until Mishnaic Hebrew, but this is probably accidental). |
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