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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: "Barry H." <nebarry AT verizon.net>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Marathon
  • Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 20:28:15 -0400

And what about Akhenaton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten ?
Is it possibly אח-אן-אתון AX-EN-ATON, with ATON = ADON?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 27, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Barry H. wrote:

All of these are extremely unlikely. More later, Deo et tempore volentibus...

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N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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On May 27, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

We have mentioned here before that the name of the Greek goddess
אתנה Athena
is possibly of a Semitic origin, being but a slight variation on
Adena, corresponding
to the biblical names DAN and DINAH, from the root אדן ADN, as in
אדון העולם
ADON HA-OLAM, the master of the universe.

This morning, a man I know, confided to me that he thinks the place
name Marathon
(from which we have the Boston Marathon) is also of Semitic origin,
to wit: מר-אתון MAR-ATHON, there having been in this location of
old possibly
a temple to this MAR (recall מרדכי MARDKEI = MAR-AD-XAY).

I thought that marathon is kind of a kraut, but is there possibly
some truth in what this inventive philologue is saying?

Isaac Fried, Boston University
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