Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

There is a connection between Adonis and Semitic Adon, but as for your other etymologies, I highly doubt them. Zeus is actually an early form of Greek theos, and a parallel with Latin deus. As far as I know, these are Indo-European words, not Semitic words. The other forms you give are questionable, but I'm willing to be persuaded by evidence, not just assertion.

GEORGE ATHAS

Dean of Research,

Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)

Sydney, Australia

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, 17 October 2012 11:39 AM
To: George Athas <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] XA$MAL - electricity

You may well be right, yet I would not discount the possibility that 'electron' is of 

Phoenician origin, as I don't discount the possibility that the Greek Cadamus is 

'the man of קדם QEDEM, the east', making 'academia' the place of study of the 

arts, such as writing, of the east.

The Greeks imported their cult of the many goods from the east, and the names 

of their deities may still harbor a discernible hint as to their distant origin. 

Isn't Apollo but the eastern בעל BAAL, or אב-הוא-אל-הוא AB-HU-EL-HU? 

Isn't Athena but our דינה DIYNAH, or אדינה ADINAH, 'the mistress'? Isn't 

Pallas just בעלת BAALAT? And isn't Zeus but עז-הוא-עז AZ-HU-AZ, corresponding 

to the biblical עזאזל AZAZ-EL of Lev. 16:8; or possibly עז-הוא-איש AZ-HU-I$ similar

to our אל שדי EL $ADAY = I$-AD-HI-HI of Gen. 17:1?

Isaac Fried, Boston University