E-W-PH – ‘soaring, light, rapid movement’ (‘need for speed’)

This expression, which depends still upon the verb [bring forth abundantly], and which is connected with the substantive [the waters], proves that…Moses regarded the waters as specially charged with furnishing the first elements of vital movement to reptilian and flying animals. The root of which I spoke above and the one now in question, are both linked to this same principle designated by the root שר: but whereas, by רצ should be understood, a laborious movement attached to the earth, by עיר should be seen, an easy, soaring movement in the air. The one is heavy and rapid, the other light and swift. Both receive existence from the vital principle brought forth by the waters. [universal passivity] (The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 50-51).