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ArchivesHello to Phyllis too!
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And THANK YOU too! (no need for any apologies!)
I'm a student myself, so I know what just you mean...
Well, I called The "Acadamy for the Hebrew Language." Their answer was that indeed most researchers believe there was a connection between the two words (DAVID and DOD), although not everyone agrees, and there are other theories.
Just one for example: DAVID was named after "a god of the sun" called DODO, that some people(s) in the area worshiped. (Although it's also possible that DODO's name itself was derived from the same root/meaning...). And there are more theories.
But the bottom line is: it's probably true.
So I have to apologize to Mike C., and make a little note to myself: research harder before you correct other people...
I'm a student myself, so I know what just you mean...
Well, I called The "Acadamy for the Hebrew Language." Their answer was that indeed most researchers believe there was a connection between the two words (DAVID and DOD), although not everyone agrees, and there are other theories.
Just one for example: DAVID was named after "a god of the sun" called DODO, that some people(s) in the area worshiped. (Although it's also possible that DODO's name itself was derived from the same root/meaning...). And there are more theories.
But the bottom line is: it's probably true.
So I have to apologize to Mike C., and make a little note to myself: research harder before you correct other people...
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Hi Shay! I may not be Jewish, but I'm trying harder :P
Actually you got really excited with your mantion of the Sun-God Dodo. I wonder if Dodo may be somehow related to the Dodona oracle of Zeus in Greece. A long-shot, but who knows :) I checked all my sources, but have been unable to come up with a satisfying elymology for Dodona! Herodotus wrote that an old oak tree there became an oracle when a black dove from Egypt settled on it. Circumstantial evidence or wild-goose-chasing? Will try and look into it further...
Actually you got really excited with your mantion of the Sun-God Dodo. I wonder if Dodo may be somehow related to the Dodona oracle of Zeus in Greece. A long-shot, but who knows :) I checked all my sources, but have been unable to come up with a satisfying elymology for Dodona! Herodotus wrote that an old oak tree there became an oracle when a black dove from Egypt settled on it. Circumstantial evidence or wild-goose-chasing? Will try and look into it further...
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Hi Shay :)
Still no hard evidence on my Dodo - Dodona theory :(
However I strongly belive in a relation between Zeus and the verb *zeo* (to live), from which Zoe developed as well favorite Sunday passtime, the Zoo. Zeus in classical Greek also appeared as "Zen" (See Liddell Scott Greek-English Lexicon). Zen also happens to be a noun of "zeo" :)
The plot thickens however because the genitive case of "Zeus" is "Dios" which sounds strikingly like the Sanskrit god Dyeus mentioned by Mike C meaning "sky". Related to the above is also the Latin Deus and its derivatives (the French Dieu etc etc).
More action items: to fit in the word "Theos" (as in theology)in the above context...
Still no hard evidence on my Dodo - Dodona theory :(
However I strongly belive in a relation between Zeus and the verb *zeo* (to live), from which Zoe developed as well favorite Sunday passtime, the Zoo. Zeus in classical Greek also appeared as "Zen" (See Liddell Scott Greek-English Lexicon). Zen also happens to be a noun of "zeo" :)
The plot thickens however because the genitive case of "Zeus" is "Dios" which sounds strikingly like the Sanskrit god Dyeus mentioned by Mike C meaning "sky". Related to the above is also the Latin Deus and its derivatives (the French Dieu etc etc).
More action items: to fit in the word "Theos" (as in theology)in the above context...
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Hi Shay :)
Still no hard evidence on my Dodo - Dodona theory :(
However I strongly belive in a relation between Zeus and the verb *zeo* (to live), from which Zoe developed as well favorite Sunday passtime, the Zoo. Zeus in classical Greek also appeared as "Zen" (See Liddell Scott Greek-English Lexicon). Zen also happens to be a noun of "zeo" :)
The plot thickens however because the genitive case of "Zeus" is "Dios" which sounds strikingly like the Sanskrit god Dyeus mentioned by Mike C meaning "sky". Related to the above is also the Latin Deus and its derivatives (the French Dieu etc etc).
More action items: to fit in the word "Theos" (as in theology)in the above context...
Still no hard evidence on my Dodo - Dodona theory :(
However I strongly belive in a relation between Zeus and the verb *zeo* (to live), from which Zoe developed as well favorite Sunday passtime, the Zoo. Zeus in classical Greek also appeared as "Zen" (See Liddell Scott Greek-English Lexicon). Zen also happens to be a noun of "zeo" :)
The plot thickens however because the genitive case of "Zeus" is "Dios" which sounds strikingly like the Sanskrit god Dyeus mentioned by Mike C meaning "sky". Related to the above is also the Latin Deus and its derivatives (the French Dieu etc etc).
More action items: to fit in the word "Theos" (as in theology)in the above context...
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Thanks for the info, Shay!
I don't think you were completely incorrect regarding the name of David -- it is, afterall, a name with a debatable meaning. Same as the name Mary (click on the blue link to that one, to check it out).
Interesting that bit of info you found about the David from scriptures having possibly been named after a sun god. There is a belief that the story of Esther is actually an allegorical tale about the goddess Ishtar.
Again, thanks for checking things out with the Academy. Much appreciated! :)
-- Nanaea
I don't think you were completely incorrect regarding the name of David -- it is, afterall, a name with a debatable meaning. Same as the name Mary (click on the blue link to that one, to check it out).
Interesting that bit of info you found about the David from scriptures having possibly been named after a sun god. There is a belief that the story of Esther is actually an allegorical tale about the goddess Ishtar.
Again, thanks for checking things out with the Academy. Much appreciated! :)
-- Nanaea
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