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Not sure this belongs here. But a creationists posting a comment on Panda's Thumb claims that America means "kingdom of heaven". Part of the argumrnt is based on Hebrew, so maybe it belongs here. He's what he (Steve) said:




>>>Schools like to teach that the continent was named for Amerigo
Vespucci, but they do not teach the meaning of his name. And
clergymen who have been to a Bible College or seminary and who have
studied Hebrew should know better. They should know that the Hebrew
word for kingdom sounds very much like ‘merica’. Merica = melookaw

The Latin masculine singular for “Amerigo� is “Amcricus� and
feminine singular is “America� (Israel is likewise feminine singular.)

The Gothic Language

The Old Gothic form for the word “America� was “Amel Ric�. “Amel�
means “Heaven�, and “Ric� means “Kingdom�—Kingdom of Heaven. Amel
Ric is still found in the German language as “Emerich�,
or “Himmelreich�.

And as you saw above, Strong’s Concordance gives the Hebrew
word “Meluwkah’ for kingdom.

The letter “l� and “r� under certain circumstances are
interchangeable. Thus the Hebrew word “Meluwkah� (pronounced “mel-oo-
kah�) became “Merukah�, this became “Amerucah� which in the Latin
form is “America�.

Thus “Amel
Ric�, “Emerich’, “himmelreich�, “Amerlukah�, “Amerukah�,
and “America�, became words for “The Kingdom of Heaven�.

America means Kingdom of Heaven<<<

THX1138

Yeah, and I'll bet he says Israelites are really white people too. Sounds like Christian Identity type stuff to me.

J

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Is this raving loonies week or something?

Rule: avoid English speaking idiots peddling homespun linguistics. They usually haven't got a clue about their own language let alone any other.


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MortalWombat

Not quite.

From the Wikipedia entry for The Americas:

I don't know where he got the Hebrew stuff from.

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Stop making me work!

In Hebrew, MLWKH means kingship or royalty.

MMLKH means kingdom. (MLKWT is also used "later".)

The person has the wrong word. The whole post is a schmozzle.

Japanese?

Room full of monkeys with typewriters will eventually write the works of Shakespeare? Keep typing.


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