05-27-2004, 04:44 PM
Very interesting! The thought never even came to mind!
It's like "Barbarian" in English is really an Aramaic loan-word..."bar" meaning "son" and "barea" meaning "wilderness". "Barbarians" were those who lived outside of cities, in the "wilderness" and were "sons of the wilderness". <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->
It's like "Barbarian" in English is really an Aramaic loan-word..."bar" meaning "son" and "barea" meaning "wilderness". "Barbarians" were those who lived outside of cities, in the "wilderness" and were "sons of the wilderness". <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan