How to say "to increase, grow" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningto increase, grow
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
زَادَ
zādaזאד
زاد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הוסיף
hosifهُوسِيف
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ز-ي-دHebrew root
ז-י-דzāda (root ز-ي-د) is traditionally compared to Hebrew ז-י-ד — not the everyday 'increase' word, but the root behind נזיד, the red stew Esau traded his birthright for (Genesis 25), and הֵזִיד, 'acted presumptuously, boiled over with pride.' The shared old image is a pot boiling over, spilling past its rim: Arabic kept the plain 'more,' Hebrew kept the boil and the pride.
Related Hebrew word:זידzidزِيد
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In a phrase
زَادَ سِعْر الْبَيْت
zāda siʿr al-baytזאד סער אל-ביתThe price of the house increased