And what about Akhenaton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten ? Is it possibly אח-אן-אתון AX-EN-ATON, with ATON = ADON?
Isaac Fried, Boston University On May 27, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Barry H. wrote: > All of these are extremely unlikely. More later, Deo et tempore > volentibus... > > Sent from my iPhone > N.E. Barry Hofstetter > Http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog > > On May 27, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have mentioned here before that the name of the Greek goddess >> אתנה Athena >> is possibly of a Semitic origin, being but a slight variation on >> Adena, corresponding >> to the biblical names DAN and DINAH, from the root אדן ADN, as in >> אדון העולם >> ADON HA-OLAM, the master of the universe. >> >> This morning, a man I know, confided to me that he thinks the place >> name Marathon >> (from which we have the Boston Marathon) is also of Semitic origin, >> to wit: מר-אתון MAR-ATHON, there having been in this location >> of >> old possibly >> a temple to this MAR (recall מרדכי MARDKEI = MAR-AD-XAY). >> >> I thought that marathon is kind of a kraut, but is there possibly >> some truth in what this inventive philologue is saying? >> >> Isaac Fried, Boston University >> _______________________________________________ >> b-hebrew mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
