Warning: The computation of the numbers in the column labeled "Permutation rank" is extremely complicated. For reasons of efficiency we had to rewrite the code for computing c(w,w'), and the results reported in this column may be very slightly different than if we had used the original WRR program. For the same, results reported in this column may be slightly inconsistent with results reported elsewhere in this paper, where the original WRR program was used.
Comment: The entries in this table are sorted by their P2 score and not by the more reliable permutation rank. Computing all permutation ranks was simply not feasible at the time of writing of [WRR2], and we believe they could not have had this data available. To get these numbers we had to run our more efficient program for several days on about 50 very fast workstations in parallel, using the second author's scheduling tool autoson. (The computation of just the P2 score without computing permutation ranks was easily feasible at the time of writing of [WRR2]. We made this computation on a single CPU using the program supplied to us by WRR, long before we were able to compute the permutation ranks.) Sorting by permutation ranks, שפת, עם and כתב are number 1, 3, and 9 respectively. Not as good as 1-2-3, but still way too good to be a chance hit.
The prefixes ordered by increasing P2 score on Genesis. | ||||
Genesis Rank | Prefix | Meaning | P2 | Permutation rank out of 106 |
1 | עם | nation of | 0.0119782 | 6175 |
2 | כתב | script of | 0.0154729 | 42139 |
3 | שפת | language of | 0.0167725 | 536 |
4 | מנהג | manner of, custom of | 0.0482328 | 75435 |
5 | נשיא | president of, head of | 0.0521407 | 287171 |
6 | חילי | plural of חיל | 0.0533556 | 82120 |
7 | כח | force of, vigour of | 0.0543148 | 92503 |
8 | מראה | appearance of, view of | 0.0592405 | 32997 |
9 | איש | person of, man of | 0.0805091 | 2139 |
10 | שדה | + field of | 0.081064 | 118958 |
11 | רכב | + chariot of | 0.084107 | 83087 |
12 | גוי | nation of | 0.0871378 | 102459 |
13 | זמן | time of, period of, fate of | 0.105434 | 42084 |
14 | שדות | + plural of שדה | 0.114518 | 19913 |
15 | גבור | hero of | 0.115053 | 165933 |
16 | שמות | + plural of שם | 0.115651 | 269493 |
17 | בת | + daughter of, female native of | 0.12688 | 199425 |
18 | אלהי | plural of אלה | 0.133538 | 54473 |
19 | כהני | plural of כהן | 0.137136 | 515791 |
20 | ראש | head of, leader of | 0.164057 | 344663 |
21 | אילי | plural of איל | 0.166803 | 64860 |
22 | תושב | resident of | 0.170673 | 112436 |
23 | ארץ | country of | 0.176805 | 82530 |
24 | אשת | + woman of | 0.187643 | 452918 |
25 | שרש | root of | 0.189707 | 103651 |
26 | צאצא | child of, descendant of | 0.189729 | 16704 |
27 | אכל | food of | 0.196157 | 321710 |
28 | דתי | laws of | 0.19987 | 299330 |
29 | סוף | end of, conclusion of | 0.202499 | 305248 |
30 | מטבע | coin of | 0.212442 | 166068 |
31 | גבר | man of, hero of | 0.238762 | 151527 |
32 | אלה | god of, celestial power of | 0.243384 | 161608 |
33 | אנשי | people of, men of | 0.257713 | 232531 |
34 | בגדי | plural of בגד | 0.259907 | 97049 |
35 | כתיב | orthography of | 0.280834 | 144275 |
36 | חטאי | plural of חטא | 0.297355 | 135886 |
37 | גזע | race of | 0.305544 | 371713 |
38 | חק | law of | 0.340336 | 844631 |
39 | כספי | plural of כסף | 0.342699 | 86522 |
40 | נס | flag of, banner of, miracle of | 0.354192 | 91661 |
41 | מלך | king of | 0.35584 | 281726 |
42 | אליל | idol of, false god of | 0.357117 | 124102 |
43 | זמר | song of, melody of | 0.385473 | 570668 |
44 | מקום | place of | 0.395972 | 197409 |
45 | מלכת | + queen of | 0.400825 | 143567 |
46 | מסי | plural of מס | 0.406045 | 7902 |
47 | כהן | priest of | 0.449381 | 705860 |
48 | כסף | money of | 0.462919 | 695886 |
49 | זרע | seed of, offspring of | 0.466294 | 447203 |
50 | אל | god of | 0.473938 | 391624 |
51 | איל | lord of, magnate of | 0.478264 | 116177 |
52 | מאכל | food of, diet of | 0.497015 | 203657 |
53 | שיר | song of, hymn of, music of | 0.498342 | 179397 |
54 | דיני | plural of דין | 0.505132 | 685798 |
55 | בנות | + plural of בת | 0.506676 | 930618 |
56 | מלכי | plural of מלך | 0.507817 | 497716 |
57 | כוח | alternative spelling of כח | 0.508809 | 631113 |
58 | דת | religion of, law of | 0.516599 | 72295 |
59 | לשן | dialect of | 0.516989 | 765353 |
60 | גבול | border of | 0.517919 | 676500 |
61 | לאם | nation of | 0.542476 | 122390 |
62 | אלף | thousand of, family of, part of the tribe of | 0.546674 | 812903 |
63 | אבי | father of, progenitor of | 0.552237 | 859528 |
64 | לשון | dialect of | 0.555848 | 298878 |
65 | זכות | right of, privilege of | 0.555934 | 762899 |
66 | אשמת | guilt of | 0.556714 | 396914 |
67 | ספר | book of | 0.559084 | 313562 |
68 | פשעי | plural of פשע | 0.559515 | 801434 |
69 | זמרת | variation of זמר | 0.579658 | 701240 |
70 | נמוס | + manners of, customs of, laws of | 0.583041 | 203717 |
71 | בני | plural of בן | 0.588154 | 354627 |
72 | מלאך | angel of | 0.590789 | 837107 |
73 | נשות | + plural of אשת | 0.594379 | 207989 |
74 | חטא | sin of | 0.604537 | 532389 |
75 | מס | tax of, levy of | 0.611794 | 248979 |
76 | אומת | nation of | 0.614179 | 279027 |
77 | דגלי | plural of דגל | 0.615957 | 522896 |
78 | סמל | symbol of, emblem of | 0.630773 | 658010 |
79 | דבור | speech of | 0.640026 | 655979 |
80 | רוח | spirit of | 0.642974 | 771622 |
81 | אשם | guilt of | 0.645628 | 144676 |
82 | עוון | alternative spelling of עון | 0.650594 | 636614 |
83 | אחזת | + estate of, property of | 0.658322 | 571898 |
84 | צבא | army of, troops of | 0.671741 | 422587 |
85 | מכתב | letter of, writing of | 0.681591 | 221995 |
86 | אי | isle of, see Genesis 10-5 | 0.683857 | 341205 |
87 | גר | convert of | 0.686306 | 62959 |
88 | חבל | region of, district of | 0.688237 | 778963 |
89 | איי | isles of, see Genesis 10-5 | 0.692233 | 136006 |
90 | מעות | money of | 0.703272 | 433695 |
91 | גברי | plural of גבר | 0.706495 | 544000 |
92 | דרכי | plural of דרך | 0.707976 | 868229 |
93 | ראשי | plural of ראש | 0.715351 | 427358 |
94 | עיר | city of, angel of | 0.721183 | 368140 |
95 | ממשל | rule of, government of | 0.734041 | 729211 |
96 | אופי | character of | 0.735826 | 753121 |
97 | שרי | plural of שר | 0.736456 | 349603 |
98 | ע"ז של | idolatry of | 0.745627 | 970273 |
99 | דגל | flag of | 0.76363 | 687090 |
100 | חקי | plural of חק | 0.769939 | 926929 |
101 | אוכל | food of | 0.781038 | 805747 |
102 | מזל | luck, destiny, constellation of | 0.782135 | 486478 |
103 | כחות | plural of כח | 0.785669 | 535477 |
104 | זהב | gold of | 0.787238 | 814631 |
105 | פשע | crime of | 0.789287 | 447249 |
106 | אמת | + nation of | 0.793969 | 527593 |
107 | דין | justice of, law of | 0.796568 | 761291 |
108 | נסי | plural of נס | 0.799767 | 632074 |
109 | אלוף | head of, leader of | 0.800194 | 764038 |
110 | אדמת | land of | 0.803608 | 480728 |
111 | דרך | way of | 0.806929 | 797123 |
112 | ערי | towns of | 0.807486 | 958515 |
113 | שר | ruler of, head of, minister of, prince of | 0.8114 | 730219 |
114 | דם | + blood of | 0.812034 | 878426 |
115 | חיל | army of, corps of | 0.817688 | 916551 |
116 | the empty prefix | 0.818587 | 707578 | |
117 | דמי | + plural of דם | 0.8274 | 460308 |
118 | בגד | cloth of, dress of | 0.832618 | 778238 |
119 | רקוד | dance of | 0.835076 | 362500 |
120 | לבוש | dress of, clothing of | 0.844589 | 947535 |
121 | טבע | nature of, character of | 0.852564 | 671436 |
122 | בירת | capital of | 0.885983 | 654089 |
123 | עון | sin of | 0.888212 | 866002 |
124 | גרי | plural of גר | 0.899475 | 850617 |
125 | חרב | sword of | 0.907717 | 947356 |
126 | מלל | speech of | 0.908192 | 796914 |
127 | אב | father of, progenitor of | 0.908487 | 800602 |
128 | בית | + house of, family of, dynasty of | 0.914892 | 818314 |
129 | בתי | + plural of בית | 0.918177 | 733968 |
130 | מושב | place of, seat of | 0.930393 | 834604 |
131 | שירי | plural of שער | 0.931032 | 970804 |
132 | סמלי | plural of סמל | 0.945328 | 582368 |
133 | בן | + son of, native of | 0.960413 | 987776 |
134 | שם | + name of, fame of | 0.962751 | 922350 |
135 | אלפי | plural of אלף | 0.973716 | 990821 |
136 | גדוד | battalion of | 0.997802 | 966635 |