tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 01 11:32:32 2003
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RE: My name
>> Hebrew *mi kha 'El* which actually means "who is like God (El)"
ja' DloraH:
>Is the Hebrew in question form? Or is that english "who" more like
> Qun rurbogh nuv'e'
It's not the latter. As I understand it, the Hebrew phrase isn't
describing the person; it's celebrating God's uniqueness.
Questions and "exclamatory" statements in Hebrew are not easily
distinguished. "How good!" and "How good?" are both "ma tov". {Dunqu'}
fits the first, but we don't really have an effective tool in Klingon for
asking about the degree of a quality. {X-mo', nuq rur?} is as close to a
formulaic translation as I can get.
But now the issue becomes trying to translate "Who is like God!"
-- ghunchu'wI'