Path: ultra.sonic.net!jupiter.dnai.com!uunet!in5.uu.net!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.dejanews.com!nnrp1.dejanews.com!not-for-mail From: word@tiw.com Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.mythology,alt.magick,talk.religion.misc Subject: Re: Ram of Mendes [WAS Re: Goat of Mendes (Baphomet)] Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:49:46 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Lines: 29 Message-ID: <75trb9$sba$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> References: <328.415.51@intuition.org> <3679B58E.B3C@luckymojo.com> <367aa5e0.26094150@news.mindspring.com> <75fb13$rr7@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <1dkgj8a.9u3c081vcjnecN@ras2-p48.bs.netvision.net.il> <75tfot$llt$1@winter.news.rcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.214.206.182 X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Dec 24 16:49:46 1998 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.05 [en] (Win95; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x8.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 207.214.206.182 Xref: ultra.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:15012 alt.mythology:46704 alt.magick:130061 talk.religion.misc:272482 In article <75tfot$llt$1@winter.news.rcn.net>, "Alice Turner" wrote: > > Chaim Forgacs wrote in message > news:1dkgj8a.9u3c081vcjnecN@ras2-p48.bs.netvision.net.il... > > >I do not know anything about the subject. However the Hebrew word > >'behema" means "beast" and it's plural "behemot" occurs in the Bible > >too. > > That's Job xl, 15. But nowadays that word is thought to be the Egyptian word > p-ehe-mau, water-ox = hippopotamus. > > Alice The plural Hebrew word "behemoth" occurs in the Hebrew version of one of the ten commandments, and it is usually translated as "cattle" in the english version (i.e., thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's cattle etc.) The Hebrew word appears to be at the origin too of the english word "behemoth." How interesting that this semetic word might have had its origin in the egyptian word for "hippopotamus." > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own