You may well be right, yet I would not discount the possibility that
'electron' is of
Phoenician origin, as I don't discount the possibility that the Greek
Cadamus is
'the man of קדם QEDEM, the east', making 'academia' the place of
study of the
arts, such as writing, of the east.
The Greeks imported their cult of the many goods from the east, and
the names
of their deities may still harbor a discernible hint as to their
distant origin.
Isn't Apollo but the eastern בעל BAAL, or אב-הוא-אל-הוא
AB-HU-EL-HU?
Isn't Athena but our דינה DIYNAH, or אדינה ADINAH, 'the
mistress'? Isn't
Pallas just בעלת BAALAT? And isn't Zeus but עז-הוא-עז AZ-HU-
AZ, corresponding
to the biblical עזאזל AZAZ-EL of Lev. 16:8; or possibly עז-
הוא-איש AZ-HU-I$ similar
to our אל שדי EL $ADAY = I$-AD-HI-HI of Gen. 17:1?
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Oct 12, 2012, at 7:51 AM, George Athas wrote:
Isaac,
That sounds like midrashic etymology to me. Similar to Philip of
Macedon who, upon hearing that his wife was pregnant, ordering his
chefs to make her favourite meal by commanding, "All eggs under the
grate!" He thereby determined fate that his son would be known as
"Alexander the Great".
GEORGE ATHAS
Dean of Research,
Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
Sydney, Australia
From: Isaac Fried <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, 11 October 2012 8:38 PM
To: Uri Hurwitz <[email protected]>
Cc: B-Hebrew <[email protected]>
Subject: [b-hebrew] XA$MAL - electricity
I once heard it being said that 'electricity', coming from the
Greek word
'electron' for 'amber', is actually a biblical term. Phoenician
hawkers
sitting by Greek temples and selling this aromatic substance
advertised
their wares by shouting out at the worshipers: לאל-קטר,
לאל-קטר
LA-EL-QATER, LA-EL-QATER, 'offer incense to the gods', 'offer incense
to the gods', giving this substance its name.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
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