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[Facts] No . . .

by Chrisell

3/9/2006, 8:33 PM

in reply to a message by persteph

The wood is Ebony, not Ebany. Ebon is a poetic alternative to Ebony, referring either to the wood or to the colour.

Can you please explain what you mean by "spiritual connotation" and "matching scriptures"?

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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- Anneza (guest) +1

3/10/2006, 4:25 AM

Are you sure you want to encourage this drivel, by which black wood becomes a bright light without the benefit of matches?

Must say, my favourite scriptural wood will always be shittim - regardless of meaning!

- Oasis (guest)

3/14/2006, 11:13 PM

Just to clear it up, Eban is definitely a Jewish name, and it is translated as "stone". Even if it is derived from the name Ebenezer (stone/rock of help) which is biblical by the way, Eban still has the same meaning.

- Andy ;—) (guest)

3/9/2006, 11:27 PM

Read Dorothy Astoria: The Name Book (ISBN 1-55661-982-0) and you'll know all about "spiritual connotations". I was once given this book, but it has nothing to do with serious derivations of names. What Persteph wrote, is a quote from that book.

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