18 January 2018

theophoric

[thee-OH-fawr-ik]

adjective: theophoric; adjective: theophorous
bearing the name of a god.

Example

And while “Israel” is evidently a theophoric name, the Biblical account of the name’s origin is hard to accept. For one thing, its description of how the name was conferred isn’t how theophoric names worked. According to the etymology based on the Biblical story, “isra” is a verb that describes Jacob’s relationship with the deity El. But the verb in theophoric names in the ancient Near East, and in ancient Israel in particular, should describe an attribute of the deity, not of the person. So, based on that rule, the verb isra probably described the god El in some way (who, 3,300 years ago, was not considered a sole god, but the head of the Canaanite pantheon). The problem is that it isn’t clear what that rare verb isra means, and various scholars and translators do not agree.
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Today’s quote

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

– Audrey Hepburn

On this day

18 January 1977 – The Granville Rail Disaster, in which a crowded commuter train derailed and collided with an overpass that collapsed onto it, killing 83 people and injuring more than 210.

18 January 1779 – birth of Peter Roget, British lexographer and creator of Roget’s Thesaurus. Died 12 September 1869.

18 January 1904 – birth of Cary Grant, born Archibald Alexander Leach, actor (‘North by Northwest‘, ‘To Catch a Thief‘, ‘An Affair to Remember‘, ‘Gunga Din‘). Died 29 November 1986.