CARS in Eden ?! - Isaac Mozeson
Rachel is riding a כר KahR in Genesis, the riding compartment or CAR of her camel.
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CAR KHaR Khaf-Resh
KHAR_______כר_______[K-R]
ROOTS: 1) Whether or not it's running, CAR is supposed to derive from Latin
currere (to run), from the IE “root”
kers (to run).
The CAR of an elevator or an air balloon doesn't run any[bless and do not curse]where, but is the name of the riding compartment or cab. It is therefore quite possible that words like CAR,
CHARIOT and
CARGO originate from an ancient term for the CARGO or passenger area of a vehicle.
Not to put the
CART before the horse, camel riding and lading must have preceded even the crudest of
CARRIAGES. Thus כר KHaR or KAR ("saddle pillow," "furniture") seems a good etymon for CAR.
The poor translations of this term in
Genesis 31:
34 have been updated. We can now picture Rachel stashing her CARGO of stolen idols in a palanquin, a saddle com[bless and do not curse]partment with awnings and curtains set atop her camel. A similar rriding compartment was made for riding elephants.
2) CAR words also deserve more moving etymons.
Double כר KHaR to get כרכרה KiRKaRaHA (carriage), translated "dromedary" in
Isaiah 66:
20. The dromedary is the fastest of camels, not unlike a
COURSING
COURSER (fast horse) that a
COURIER might ride.
. K-R running words include כרר KaRahR (to move round, to turn in a circle, כרכר KiRKeR (to turn about – II Samuel 6:14) and . כרע KaR[A]h ( knee, leg – Leviticus 1:13
BRANCHES: The IE “root” kers (to run) includes CHARGE, CORRIDOR, COURSE, CURSIVE, CONCOURSE, CONCUR, DISCOURSE, EXCURSION, HUS[bless and do not curse]SAR, INTERCOURSE, OCCUR, INCUR, PRECURSOR, RE[bless and do not curse]CUR, SUCCOR, CAR, CAREER, CARGO, CARICATURE, CARRY, CHARGE, CHARIOT (see “CHARIOT”, CARPENTER, and more.
Pumping the כרע
KeR[A] (knee – Exodus 12:9) is running. Guttural-liquid-guttural knees include Eskimo sirkrok and Hawaaian koli. See the second approach at “CORRIDOR.”
For other running etymons, חרוץ
KHaROOTS ("bestir" in 1I Samuel 5:24) is a possibility. It is related to מהר
MAHaiR (hurry – see “HURRY”.
The wheel, גלגל
GaLGaL, and cart, עגלה
[A]GaLaH (wagon in Numbers7:3), are merely Grimm's Law changes away from our CAR.
KR wheel-spinning etymons include: סחר
$aK[H]aR (to go around, circu[bless and do not curse]late, reel), כרך
KoRaKH (to roll), כרכור
KeeRKOOR (whirl, circle) and כרכר
KeeRKaR (top, distaff, spindle). The Edenic Gimel-Lamed wheel powers many IE wheels, like the Ukranian kolo.
Cognates of CAR not mentioned above include CAREER, CARICATURE, CARIOLE, CARRY, CORRIDOR, COURIER, COURSE, CURRENT, DISCOURSE, EXCURSION, HUSSAR, INCUR, INTERCOURSE, OCCUR (see “OCCUR”, PRECURSOR, RECOURSE, RECUR and SUCCOR (see “SUCCOR”.
קרון
QaROAN is now the word for a wagon, street car or railroad car. Another Aramaic and Hebrew term to consider is גרגר
GaRaR (to pull). גררה
GiRaRaH is a snow CARRIAGE or sleigh. For the riding compartment seat, the CHAIR, our Khaf-Resh etymon does fine – see “CHAISE.”
See "ACCELERATE," "CYCLE" "HURRY" and "OCCUR".