ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -“Degul”, writes Rothman, is the Hebrew word for “flag”, and the verb “hikinah” in Hebrew means “to transfer, impart, or give”. “Thus, ” writes Rothman, “one might deduce that Hekinah Degul pronounces a militant stance, offers a display of colours, and urges Gulliver’s capitulation to the Lilliputian flag.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Glossary. Tolgo phonac-Shoot the arrows.

Detailed explanation-3: -Linguist links nonsense language to Hebrew in Swift’s classic of English literature. Long thought to have spoken “nonsense” languages, the Lilliputians and other creatures from Jonathan Swift’s 1726 work Gulliver’s Travels may in fact have been speaking variations of Hebrew.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lilliput is a tiny island kingdom that is home to the tiny race of people known as Lilliputians and it is the rival kingdom of its fellow tiny neighbor Blefuscu, which is separated by an 800 yard wide channel.