| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  ry. |
| DEFINITION: | West Semitic, to strive, strive for, save, protect. Israel, from Hebrew yir   l, God has striven, God has saved, from yir, he has striven, saved, archaic preterite of râ, to strive, persevere. |
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