tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 29 06:40:56 1996
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Re: Words for God
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Words for God
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 09:40:33 EDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 29 Jul 1996 06:21:26 -0700. <[email protected]>
Thad Vick <[email protected]> writes:
\ Christ = wIvwI' -- this is not quite right, since it should be "chosen one", not
\ "he who chooses" but i haven't unraveled the mysteries of passive voice yet.
I think you can say {wIvlu'wI'} for "one who is chosen".
\ Lord = the words for this in both Old Testament (Adonai) and New Testament
\ (Kurie) merely mean a ruler or master and neither word was used exclusively
\ for deity. A similar usage is found in modern Spanish (Senor). -- pIn'a'
Why {pIn} and not {jaw} or {joH}, both of which mean "lord"?
-marqoS
{Qapla', jawwI' - bangwI' je} "Success, chatterbox - and my love."
-Valkris, ST3
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