Note 5 — Chapter XV
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
ḫeper, like the German Werden, has primarily the sense of turning, hence of becoming. It never has the sense of creating. ḫeper t’esef is the equivalent of the Greek αὐτογενής, like that word is sometimes used for spontaneous productions of the mineral kingdom, as salt or natron as contrasted with artificial products of the same nature. It cannot be used for plants, as they have an origin in something external to themselves.
