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This work aims to demonstrate that all the verbs in the Hebrew language ( and all the derivations from the verb form ) have a common meaning , i . e .: to divide , to cut , to separate , to distinguish . This presumption complies with the well-accepted convention that an explanation which relies on one principle is preferable to that which requires many principles . It also resonates with the simple and natural observation that an action is essentially perceived as delimiting , defining and separating between various matters objects , and even concepts which comprise our world . As a result , we may surmise that in the primitive early stage of language , every act was defined as : "An ' action' that separates , singles out , differentiates ( and so on ) . " This way of distinguishing an object from other matters is in accord with the view of Levi-Strauss and others about primitive thought and the origins of language . Only in later stages did particular actions , which were initially d...
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