Re: CHAT Bethesda et al. (was: Brithenig-heads)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 10, 2000, 16:09 |
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On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:39:11 +0100 Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
writes:
> >>BTW, what does _Bethesda_ mean? It keeps popping into my head when
> I see
> >>_Bethisad_.
> >It's a town in Maryland. :)
> Probably - most toponyms found elsewhere in the world also seem to
> exist in
> the US :)
>
> I could reply that it's a village/town in north Wales. But both &
> the
> Maryland one are named after the original: a healing pool nrear the
> 'SDheep Gate' in old Jerusalem (see John, chap. 5, verse 2).
> The name means: "house of mercy". But the text is uncertain. The
> King
> James version gives Bethesda (hence the Welsh & Maryland toponyms).
> Some
> Greek texts have 'Bethsaida' (house of fishing) or 'Bethzatha'
> (house of
> olives). Both readings are noted in the margin of the Revised
> Version.
> Ray.
.
Okay, here it is in my sketchy Aramaic and better Hebrew:
"house of mercy" = beit hhisda / beit hhesed
"house of fishing" = beit tzayeda(?) / beit tzayid(?), the root means
"hunt" in Hebrew
"house of olive" (singular) = beit zeita(?) / beit zayit
-Stephen (Steg)
"do not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day."