Formation of Hebrew Words from Roots. Hebrew words are formed from roots by changing vowels and by adding a wealth of prefixes and suffixes to that root. Prefixes can be prepositions (in, on, of, to, etc.), articles (the), or other things.t's the same root as the Hebrew word chai (life or living) which you commonly see on Jewish jewelry, and the Jewish toast l'chayim! (to life!) The Shin prefix turns the verb into a noun indicating a person who does the thing (who).
Miguel de Cervantes, in full Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (born September 29?, 1547, AlcalÃ¡ de Henares, Spainâdied April 22, 1616, Madrid) Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most important and celebrated figure in Spanish literature.
1512: Spanish Laws of Burgos forbid enslavement of Indians and advocate Christian conversion. 1514: Bartolome de las Casas petitions Spanish crown on behalf of Native Americans. 1519-1521 Cortes's conquest of Aztecs in Mexico. 1528-1536 A member of the Narvaez expedition, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked first near Tampa Bay and later on Galveston Island off the coast of what is now Texas.