The purpose of this”revisit” investigation was to see whether the earlier conclusions I had drawn for the meanings of the displaced nations matched with the recent techniques of cognate permutation study used here.
Please visit Post number 43. All Those Nations, which was a study to support a statement made at the very beginning of the website, in the Site vision. Go to the section beginning “All are testing.” Please read through the part that includes the “assorted definitions,” and then return here…
Amorite אמרי AKMR
Hittite חתי ADK
Perizzite פרזי BKRS
Canaanite כנעני AKKMM
Hivite חוי ABK
Jebusite יבוסי BBKKS
Look at these with the cognate permutations lens
Amorite אמרי AKMR
(A42)
Hittite חתי ADK
(A58)
Perizzite פרזי BKRS
(B27)
Canaanite כנעני AKKMM
(A12)
Hivite חוי ABK
(C44)
Jebusite יבוסי BBKKS
(E13)
➔ Amorite אמרי AKMR
Impression ערים “Cities” אמרי Amorite(s) cognate permutations (influence strongly)
➔ Hittite חתי ADK
Impression ידה cast עקד bind ידע know אתי with me דכה/דכא humble; crush כדה jarגדע cut down (root for Gideon) הגד telling יעד arrange; set חתי Hittite(s) cognate permutations (permit/withhold)
➔ Perizzite פרזי BKRS
Impression בזכר in memory; in male ספרך your book פרזי Perizzite(s) cognate permutations (respond to context)
➔ Canaanite כנעני AKKMM
Impression כהנים priests כנעני Canaanites cognate permutations(encourage/discourage)
➔ Hivite חוי ABK
Impression קוה wait; hope אבי my father אקו wild goat וחי and lived/revived יאבdesire; long באך entering you ואך and surely בכה/בכא weep גבה/גוה loftiness; pride; arrogance עקב undermine; act deviously יפה excite senses יפח breathe הפך change; turn חוי Hivite(s) cognate permutations (encourage/discourage) ABK
➔ Jebusite יבוסי BBKKS
Impression יבוסי Jebusite cognate permutations (advance/retard)
🤔 All are “testing:”
Amorite – Prominence ¿↔︎? (influence strongly)
Hittite – Dismay ¿↔︎? (permit/withhold)
Perizzite – Violence ¿↔︎? (respond to context)
Canaanite – Defeat/Humiliation ¿↔︎? (encourage/discourage)
Hivite – Deceit/Deception ¿↔︎? (encourage/discourage)
Jebusite – Trampling ¿↔︎? (advance/retard)
The writer leaves it to the reader to do her/his own determination of whether the concepts match. It is the writer’s impression that the previously noted meanings fit within the continuums/spectra of the cognate permutation investigations.
Beyond that question, I believe that another important reason to share the investigation is to see the other Scriptural words that occur within the different groups. These same spectra of meaning may be seen in other passages in the more secret or hidden level of meaning, thus making apparent even more thematic connections, even more detail within the beautiful tapestry of the Word of YHWH. The words listed are by no means intended to be exhaustive. Indeed there may be many missing members of the groups that could be added in the future.
Ⓒ Copyright Philip E. Gates; LogAndSpeck.com, October 2026. Please cite if you use this material.