Editing Reduplication (section)

====Hebrew====
In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], reduplication is used in nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs for various reasons:

* For emphasis: in {{Script/Hebrew|לאט לאט}} ''le'at le'at'', where the adverb {{Script/Hebrew|לאט}} "slowly" is duplicated to mean "very slowly". In the slangism {{Script/Hebrew|גבר גבר}} ''gever gever'', the noun {{Script/Hebrew|גבר}} "man" is duplicated to mean a "very manly man".
* To mean "one by one":
** {{Script/Hebrew|יום יום}} ''yom yom'' is based on {{Script/Hebrew|יום}} "day", and means "every day, day by day".
**  {{Script/Hebrew|פרה פרה}} ''para para'' is based on {{Script/Hebrew|פרה}} "cow", and literally means "cow by cow", referring to "one thing at a time". This is possibly a folk etymology, and a derivation from Spanish "para" meaning "stop" is possible.
* To create a diminutive: by reduplicating the last two consonants (bi-consonantal reduplication):
** {{Script/Hebrew|כלב}} ''kelev'' "dog"
*** {{Script/Hebrew|כלבלב}} ''klavlav'' "puppy"
** {{Script/Hebrew|חתול}} ''khatul'' "cat"
*** {{Script/Hebrew|חתלתול}} ''khataltul'' "kitten"
** {{Script/Hebrew|לבן}} ''lavan'' "white"
*** {{Script/Hebrew|לבנבן}} ''levanban'' "whitish"
** {{Script/Hebrew|קטן}} ''katan'' "small"
*** {{Script/Hebrew|קטנטן}} ''ktantan'' "tiny"
* To create secondary derivative verbs: by reduplicating the root or part of it:
** ''dal'' ({{Script/Hebrew|דל}}) "poor" > ''dilel'' ({{Script/Hebrew|דלל}}) "to dilute", and also ''dildel'' ({{Script/Hebrew|דלדל}}) "to impoverish, weaken".
** ''nad'' ({{Script/Hebrew|נד}}) "to move, nod" > ''nadad'' ({{Script/Hebrew|נדד}}) "to wander" but also ''nidned'' ({{Script/Hebrew|נדנד}}) "to swing" and - due to [[phono-semantic matching]] of the [[Yiddish]]  lexical item נודיען nídyen / núdzhen "to bore, bother" - also "to bother, pest, nag, annoy".<ref name="language">[[Ghil'ad Zuckermann|Zuckermann, Ghil'ad]] (2003), [[Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew]]. [[Palgrave Macmillan]]. {{ISBN|9781403917232}} / {{ISBN|9781403938695}} [http://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9781403917232]</ref>{{rp|206}}
** ''tzakhak'' ({{Script/Hebrew|צחק}}) "to laugh" > ''tzikhkek'' ({{Script/Hebrew|צחקק}}) "to chuckle".
* For onomatopoeia:
** שקשק ''shikshék'' "to make noise, rustle".<ref name="language"/>{{rp|207}}
** רשרש ''rishrésh'' "to make noise, rustle".<ref name="language"/>{{rp|208}}

There are also numerous examples in the Torah, for example "אם שמוע תשמעו" which means "if you listen diligently".