Re: History of constructed languages

On Apr 9, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Ray Brown wrote:
>>>>> Canto VII, line 1: Papè Satàn, papè Satàn aleppe!
>>>>> Canto XXXI, line 67: Raphèl may améch zabì almì!
> My notes say that a Giuseppe Venturi of Verona took the words as
> Hebrew,
> meaning: "Here, here, Satan, here, here, Satan Emperor." I don't know
> what our Semiticists would make of it.
Not much...
"here" in Hebrew = |po| (written with final silent |h|) or |kan|
/sa'tan/ would be okay.
"emperor" = |qeisar| (from 'Caesar')


-Stephen (Steg)
  "Here in this transport
   I am Eve with my son Abel
   If you see my older son
   Cain son of Man
   Tell him that I"
      ~ dan pagis, 'written in pencil in the sealed boxcar'

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