Re: Passover/Easter (was: Italogallic in Zera,and otherlanguages.)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 30, 2000, 2:15 |
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Steg Belsky wrote:
> "Eli" is Hebrew...
I suspected as much.
> People still do that today....using the Hebrew term for God, "Hashém",
Which literally means "The Name", no?
Plus which, Jesus was quoting scripture (one of the psalms) when he
cried out Eli, eli, lema sabachtani.
> Although in Hebrew there's a double - both the words _el_ and _eloah_.
Any difference in meaning? Would the _eloah_ form have given _eloi_?
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