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in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
My dad insists that Elizabeth means women of God's house.
He learned Hebrew and separated the parts of the name. El means God, beth means house. I tried to explain that it's a Greek version of Elisheva but he insists.
I just let it go. The parent wants a child's name to mean something, they hace their own reasoning and it's no skin off my back.
He learned Hebrew and separated the parts of the name. El means God, beth means house. I tried to explain that it's a Greek version of Elisheva but he insists.
I just let it go. The parent wants a child's name to mean something, they hace their own reasoning and it's no skin off my back.
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That is exactly it - "no skin off my back".
All words have definitions & connotations, both of which vary by perception - especially connotation--and onomastics revel in connotation--especially though association; and when one name reverberates among different cultures simultaneously - modern names among the Ancient Greeks, Ancient Romans, the Hebrews, The Scythians, The Persians; when we consider these numerous languages - and transliteration from them into modernity and/or how these names developed through the early middle ages - who is to know how these names arrived as we know them - and whether we can determine any these names have reached us through merely one source, rather than many?
This is why - at least to me, that names are personal nouns. Considering the above, how can we cling to a precise definition of something so vague - and presumably chosen by preference rather than appropriation - which in-itself, is subjective anyway??
That is exactly it - "no skin off my back".
All words have definitions & connotations, both of which vary by perception - especially connotation--and onomastics revel in connotation--especially though association; and when one name reverberates among different cultures simultaneously - modern names among the Ancient Greeks, Ancient Romans, the Hebrews, The Scythians, The Persians; when we consider these numerous languages - and transliteration from them into modernity and/or how these names developed through the early middle ages - who is to know how these names arrived as we know them - and whether we can determine any these names have reached us through merely one source, rather than many?
This is why - at least to me, that names are personal nouns. Considering the above, how can we cling to a precise definition of something so vague - and presumably chosen by preference rather than appropriation - which in-itself, is subjective anyway??
This message was edited 6/23/2018, 12:21 PM
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