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Toponymy Simplified
Toponymy constitutes the systematic study of place‑names, encompassing their origins, semantic development, patterns of usage, and classificatory types. A toponym (or place‑name) is a lexical designation used to identify a specific geographic locality—such as a town, city, river, mountain, or comparable feature. Within the discipline, toponyms are commonly divided into two principal categories: habitation names…
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The myth of universal deluge
The archaeological record outside of Mesopotamia does not support a universal flood model. All of the evidence, both biblical and scientific, leads to the conclusion that the Noachian deluge was a local, rather than universal, flood.
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Pre-Greek
“Pre-Greek” refers to the languages spoken in Greece before the arrival of Greek-speakers.
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Etymology of Simon Peter
“Σίμων/Simon”, “Κηφᾶς/Cephas” and “Πέτρος/Peter” are the New Testament’s three different names for St. Peter. These names have long given rise to numerous scholarly theories and explanations. Here is an anthroponymic approach to the meaning and etymology of Simon, Peter and Cephas.
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Semitic and Indo-European words
Semitic and Indo-European languages are generally considered two distinct language families. However, they share a large number of cognate words, which sometimes leads to debate about a potential, very distant, common origin. Indo-European: Greek, Latin, Romance languages, Germanic, Celtic, Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian, among others. Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Ge’ez, Mandaic, Old-South-Arabian, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigre, Tigrinya,…
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Hebrew: meaning and etymology
It is generally agreed that (ăpăr), in ancient Hebrew, denotes dust and similar material.
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Meaning of Qatar & Qatraye
The name “Qatraye” is derived from “ܩܵܛܹܪ/qāṭīr” which means: “Line”.