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by yegr
Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?
Replies: 7
Views: 4541

Re: Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?

Even though שבקתני is grammatically Aramaic, it can still be a Hebraized word loaned from the vernacular, and this conjecture is complemented by other words of the phrase that are Hebrew and not Aramaic by form, especially from Matthew rather than from Mark. At least you didn't provide specific obje...
by yegr
Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?
Replies: 7
Views: 4541

Re: Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?

Again, being not able to trace fast both Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew dictionaries for possible instances of šbq (well I did find some in https://cal.huc.edu/ but this apparently doesn't extensively demonstrate whatsoever), I looked for some other sources, including this (not peer-reviewed) publicati...
by yegr
Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:44 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?
Replies: 7
Views: 4541

Re: Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?

Being no expert in Semitic languages (not to the point of being not able to properly tackle the alphabet), I am curious to find out how another person of whatever epoch and background can be right or wrong about his or her linguistic analyses, for which Biblical inspiration is of minor importance. I...
by yegr
Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Inscription in Middle Iranian/Avestan/Pahlavi?
Replies: 3
Views: 1208

Re: Inscription in Middle Iranian/Avestan/Pahlavi?

Thank you for the guess, but unfortunately this came from a cryptic source not saying anything else about the writing. But a seemingly same source has left another inscription, much longer: https://i.stack.imgur.com/UmEo3.jpg This one seems to be rather different from the one in the primary post. Bu...
by yegr
Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:04 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?
Replies: 7
Views: 4541

Does Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί contain the Aramaic root שׁבח - to glorify?

In the 19th century, the cabalist J.R. Skinner believed that "Eli, Eli, lamah sabachthani?" means "My God, my God, how thou dost glorify me" and that "lamah" means not only "why" or "how", but also as a verbal it connects the idea of to dazzle, or ad...
by yegr
Sun Aug 06, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Inscription in Middle Iranian/Avestan/Pahlavi?
Replies: 3
Views: 1208

Inscription in Middle Iranian/Avestan/Pahlavi?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/ybBJ4.jpg It is claimed that the inscription is in the language of Zend and one of the words means light, the other - the path / leading on the path. So far, the closest thing found was a variant of the Avestan alphabet. I do not exclude that for a correct reading the insc...