JewterpretorFeb 16, 2023

QRT #JWHIA https://babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/109863685492495417

Another great #name!

#Miriam /mirˈjam (Hebrew), ˈmɪɚiəm (English)/ = #given #name for girls. Etymology uncertain. Possibilities include: derived from #SemiticRoot M-R-R (generates words related to “bitter”); derived from #SemiticRoot M-R-Y (generates words related to “mutiny/ rebellion / disobedience”); derived from Egyptian “mery” (= beloved).

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I just learned that my gentile friend Miriam's real #name is actually "Mary" but she goes by Miriam because people totally butcher #exotic #names. #MedinatAmerica

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Show threadJewterpretorJan 21, 2023

Fun extra extra:

“Shalom” derives from the #SemiticRoot Sh-L-M, which generates words relating to wholeness and/or peace, including shlema (roughly “full” in the expression #RefuaShlema [may you make a full recovery], which we've also seen JWHIA say before.

It also generates quite a few given names across Semitic languages, e.g.:
-Shleimun (Aramaic)
-Salman (Arabic, diminutive = Suleiman)
-Shlomo (Hebrew)

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Show threadJewterpretorJan 21, 2023

Arabic has a native word, “salaam,” derived from the #SemiticRoot Sh-L-M. It is a direct cognate to Hebrew "shalom,” derived from the same root. The contemporary pronunciation of "salaam" /sa'lam/ evolved over time as sound changes occurred in Arabic.

"Shalom" was borrowed into Arabic much later, so it missed many of the historical Arabic sound changes, and is pronounced more like a Hebrew-Arabic hybrid.

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Show threadJewterpretorJan 7, 2023

#mikveh (#mikvah, plus some other rare alternatives e.g. mikweh) /mik've (Hebrew), ˈmɪkvə (Jewish English)/ = 1. collection; 2. ritual bath for purification (i.e. collection [of waters]. From #SemiticRoot Q-W-H (generates words related to hope, wait for, collect, vomit)

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