Cultural Unit Green in the Old Testament

Abstract

The paper describes and analyzes the full presence of green in the Old Testament — in ‎Hebrew and translations. The approach is interdisciplinary, which includes: the treatment ‎of colour as a cultural unit, according to the idea of Umberto Eco; lexical and contextual ‎semantics; examining Basic Colour Terms (BCT—adjective, noun, verb), Prototype Terms ‎‎(PT— all plants), Rivals Terms of Prototypes (RT), e.g raven, shadow, ebony, etc.; Terms ‎for the Basic Features of the Prototypes (TBFP—fresh, humid, juicy, lush, damp, humid, ‎moist,‎ wet, flowering, blossoming); translation as a criterion and semiotic value; semio-osmosis as a process that aims equivalence of translations, regardless of the different world views of Hebrew and other languages; semio-osmosis and accommodation; cultural and linguistic
context; the interplay of old information (topic/theme)—new information (focus/rheme);‎ context meanings and symbolism of grass; translation of PT and TBFP.‎