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[RUSh] be poor, in want; part. R[A]Sh poor, needy / Hithpal. feign oneself poor / RYSh, RASh povertyvenicebard said:(from CANTO THE THIRD)
_____________Then we come round
To Tifinag and Libyan,
Where R is simply an empty circle,
Indicating the year has come
Full circle, having lost the dot
That was its center and formed the sun
(Birch-month B begins the year,
At least in Libyan, with said dot
To make alchemy's symbol sol):
Here gather the roots that mean
The weakness and fatigue of spirit
Found at the end, since elder's month
Caps the year.
RZH attenuate, cause to waste away / 1. lean 2. barren (of land) / RZUN 1. a wasting, consumption 2. diminution, scantiness / RZY destruction, woe (only Is. 24.16) RZY LY woe unto me!
[RKK] 1. be tender, contrite; hence be timid, faint 2. be soft (of words) / RK 1. tender, young [I have oft noted that LeDiable in one sense symbolizes the crying child demanding the attention of its parents (who are thus chained to it), this being the inverse of R-as-death (as the year's thirteenth and final month)] 2. tender, delicate, effeminate 3. soft, gentle (of words) 4. tender, weak, sore (of eyes) 5. faint, timid (of the heart)
RPH 1. hang down (hands), become relaxed, feeble 2. decline (of the day) 3. sink down (of straw in fire) 4. relax, abate, desist / 1. slacken (hand), desist (from smiting) . . . 3. leave off, cease 4. give up, forsake 5. let go, dismiss / pr. name (a giant)
RPQ / Hithpa. support oneself, lean
I. RQQ Arab. be thin / RQ 1. thin, lean 2. adv. (a) only, alone (b) surely, certainly (c) save, except / RQH 1. temple (of head) 2. poet. for the cheek (Ca. 4.3; 6.7)
II. RUP (nu) cogn. Arab. RPTh bruise, pound, Eng. rub; perh. also iq RPA to heal / RYPUTh bruised corn, grits / ThRUPH medicine, or healing, cure (Eze. 47.12)_____________And next gather
(Under the label of its tree)
The roots suggesting medicine
And what it treats, since ruis the elder
Is a medicinal tree as well as
One signifying the death or end
Of the year.
RChTz 1. wash (body, flesh) 2. wash away [relates to R-as-death, see below] 3. wash oneself, bathe / a washing / +H a washing-place (for sheep, Ca. 4.2; 6.6)
RChTz Chald. only Ithpa. to trust on or in (any one, w/ OL)
RTPSh grow moist, fresh, revive [relates also to mouth-hieroglyph (water), above]
[ROP] drop, distil / Hiph. let drop (Is. 45.8)
RPA 1. heal, cure; part. a physician 2. (met.) (a) restore (to prosperity) (b) restore spiritually, pardon, forgive (c) restore, comfort, console / only in pl. the quiet; the languid, feeble (= RPH?), poet. for the dead, the departed [relates to R-as-death, see below]
[RQCh] compound or prepare (ointment) / Hiph. to spice, season / a spicing / ointment, perfume / perfumer or apothecary (f. +H) / M+ (only pl.) aromatic herbs / M+ +H 1. ointment 2. pot of ointment
II. [RBO] 4-sided / A+ 4 [4 elements = the material, plus LeDiable's platform is 4-sided]___________And next, since medicine
Is alchemy -- the 'black art' --
And based on English folklore's quip
And the number given R in Irish,
R's trump, XV LeDiable,
Heads a list of roots conveying
Man's inhumanity to man:
Oppression, which the chains suggest,
Along with destruction and the greed
Or materialism fueling it.
RUN (Kal. nu) Arab. to conquer / Hithp. be overcome (from wine) [relates to mouth-hieroglyph?]
RUQ 1. to empty 2. pour out 3. draw out 4. draw, lead out (troops) / RYQ 1. empty; hence vain 2. (adv.) in vain . . . 1. empty; hence vain 2. empty, impoverished, poor [relates to R-as-worn-out, above] 3. worthless, wicked
[RZM] to wink (iq Aram. RMZ); (Prof. Lee: ) be fixed, fastened
RCh, RChH (m.) only dual (+YM) (pair of millstones) a hand-mill (root uncert.)
RTH perh. iq Arab RTA to throw, hence YRTNY they give me over; but see YRT (1. cast down, precipitate 2. be perverse, destructive
[RKS] bind on or to any thing / (only pl.) difficult, rugged places / conspiracy, plot
RKSh get, gain, acquire / RKSh substance, property, wealth
RMS 1. tread (w/ feet) (as e.g. a potter w/ clay) 2. tread upon, walk over 3. tread down, trample underfoot; part. treader down, oppressor / Niph. be trodden down [all relating to R-as-spreading-flat, above, as well as R-as-horse perhaps]
RSN Arab. RShN bind, hence / 1. bridle, halter 2. inner part of mouth, the jaws [relates to mouth-hieroglyph, above]
[ROO] 1. break, break in pieces [relates to R-as-death, see below] 2. iq RUO make a loud noise (Is. 8.9), where Gesenius prefers to render ROU OMYM VChThU be evil, O ye people, ye shall be broken 3. fut. YRO (intrans.) (a) be evil . . . (c) be hurtful; of the eyes, be envious, malignant; of countenance, heart, be sad, sorrowful / RO 1. evil, bad, worthless 2. evil, wicked 3. noxious, hurtful 4. ill-favored 5. ill, calamitous 6. sad, etc.
[ROTz] break, crush; met. oppress (Ju. 10.8)
[RPS, RPSh(s)] tread, trample upon, esp. of water, troubled, made turbid / Hithpa. humble or submit oneself
( [RTzP] range stones artificially (e.g. in a pavement or inlaid work), to checker; only part. pass. checkered [consider our expression 'a checkered past'], tesselated (Ca. 3.10) (Gesen.); some regard RTzP = TzRP to burn / 1. hot stone; or coals? 2. pr. name / +H 1. hot stone or coal (Is. 6.6) 2. tesselated pavement 3. pr. name)
[RTzTz] 1. break, bruise, crush 2. (trop.) treat w/ violence, oppress 3. (intrans.) be broken [relates to R-as-worn-out, above] / Niph. be broken, bruised [ditto] / RTz fragment, piece / MRUTzH oppression
[RQO] 1. stamp w/ feet 2. tread down 3. stretch, spread out, expand / 1. beat into thin plates 2. cover w/ same / RQYO the expanse (Vulg. firmamentum) [relates to R-as-horse/travel/distance, above]
[RShO] 1. be wicked, act wickedly, unjustly, impiously 2. be guilty, have unjust cause / Hiph. 1. declare guilty, condemn 2. cause mischief, disquiet 3. be wicked, act wickedly / 1. wicked, ungodly, impious 2. having unjust cause 3. guilty, punishable
(RShP 1. a flame; others, burning coal 2. lightning 3. burning disease)
RShSh (Kal. nu) cogn. RTzTz / Pi. break in pieces, destroy
(to be continued)