Today we explore the hononym method. The hononym method seeks to find a unifying theme to the diverse meanings of a single root. The Hebrew root studied today is Alelph Vav Nun We claim the unified meaning is
Struggle. Therefore the root can refer to
• struggle
• virility, the struggle of a prolonged romantic affair,
• complaining, the vehicle by which struggling is achieved
• mourning, the struggle to define new meaning after a loss.
We bring several verses below illustrate each of these meanings. All verses cited use the Hebrew root Aleph Nun.

The underlined words in the following verses illustrating the points we have made
• P090-10 states The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but struggle and vanity; for it is speedily gone, and we fly away.
• Dt21-17 states but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the first-fruits of his virility the right of the first-born is his.
• Dt26-14 states I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of HaShem my G-d, I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.
• Nu11-01b states And the people were complaining, speaking evil in the ears of HaShem; and when HaShem heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of HaShem burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.

Sermonic points: By using a root meaning struggle to refer to such important life events as mourning and virility Judaism indicates what it expects from people involved in these processes. Mourning should not be something passive but rather a struggle, in fact a struggle to find new meaning; Hebrew even expresses a goal for complainers - every complainer should be a struggler; they should see the complaining as a means of achieving a goal!