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Re: yada yada



>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 22:31:07 -0800 (PST)
>From: [email protected]
>
>In a message dated 97-10-27 16:15:58 EST, charghwI' writes:
>
><< I hate it when people keep boring me, talking about their big 
> swords. yaD'a' yaD'a' yaD'a'...
>  >>
>
>Musing on etymology:  The Jewish device used for pointing to the script in a
>Torah scroll while an aliyah (one called up to read) is reading -- or usually
>standing silent while a designated hitter reads for him/her -- is called a
>"yad" (Hebrew for hand).  By extension, the scriptures have been called a
>"sword of fire".

I remember "yaD" from the Hebrew: a sword is the natural extension of a
Klingon's hand...

~mark


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