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Re: Eli Eli Lama Azavtany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?

From: "yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>
To: Fred P Miller <fmoeller AT ao.net>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Eli Eli Lama Azavtany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:36:30 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Fred P Miller wrote:
> Eli (my God) but his petition was to Eloi (Aramaic for my God) (Mark gives
> the
> unhelenized proper pronunciation of what the Galilean Rabbi said in Mk
> 15:34) and he

Shalom.

I know this is an old message but I just now noticed something that I
think merits attention(please correct me if I am in err).

The Aramaic word for God is NOT "Eloi," but is in fact "Alaha." Correct?
Kind of similar to what the Hawaiins say "Aloha," and very similar to the
Arabic word for God - 'Allah.' Is it possible you were speaking of the
Greek Hellenized version of "Alaha" which gave us "'Eloi," because it
doesn't seem to be Biblical Aramaic at all.

Shalom!

Wondell M. Rachman

Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, Eric Jobe, 06/14/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, yahua'sef, 06/14/1999
- RE: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, Jay Childs, 06/15/1999
- Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, Fred P Miller, 06/15/1999
  - Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, yahua'sef, 06/16/1999
  - Re: Eli Eli Lama Azavtany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, yahua'sef, 06/19/1999
- Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, Fred P Miller, 06/15/1999
- Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, John Ronning, 06/15/1999
- Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, Dave Washburn, 06/15/1999
- Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, George Athas, 06/15/1999
- Re: Eli Eli Lama Azbatany or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?, George Athas, 06/16/1999