The name David is a derivation of an ancient Mesopotamian given name and appears in the Bible as the Biblical Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dāwīḏ), meaning Darling or Beloved. The Arabic and Assyrian versions of David are Daud (pronounced Da-ood) and Dāwūd. David is often shortened, and such diminutives as Dai are fairly common, although Dai was formerly a name in its own right, meaning shining in Welsh, prior to the reign of King Henry VII). The Sanskrit word Deva derives from Indo-Iranian Dev which in turn descends from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) word, Deiwos, originally an adjective meaning celestial or shining, which is a Proto Indo European (not synchronic Sanskrit) vrddhi derivative from the root Diw meaning to shine. A Deva in Buddhism is one of many different types of non-human beings who share the characteristics of being more powerful, longer-lived, and, in general, living more contentedly than the average human being. Other words used in Buddhist texts to refer to similar supernatural beings are Devatā deity and Devaputra son of the gods. To the Zoroastrians, the word Daeva (Daēuua, Daāua, Daēva) is negative, and to others, it is the root of the word Devil. Another possibility is that the Sanskrit Dev may have been combined with Ugaritic ʾil, or Hebrew ʾēl, redndering the word Dev-ʾil, or Dev-ʾēl (lit. Shining ʾĒl; cf. Dingir). In Ashkenazi Jewish culture, including outside Israel, it is common to apply the nicknames Dovi and Dov. Names of God in Judaism are generally restricted to use in a liturgical context. Some modern religious followers of the Jewish faith will add additional sounds to alter the pronunciation of a name when using it outside of a liturgical context, such as replacing the h or e or d with a k in names of God such as kel for “ʾĒl” (cf. Ash-Kel-On), elokim for “Elohim” and shakai for “Shaddai”. In historical linguistics, the Canaanite shift is a sound change that took place in the Canaanite dialects, which belong to the Northwest Semitic branch of the Semitic languages family. This sound change caused Proto-NW-Semitic ā (long a) to turn into ō (long o) in Proto-Canaanite. The shift was so productive in Canaanite languages that it altered their inflectional and derivational morphologies wherever they contained the reflex of a pre-Canaanite ā, as can be seen in Hebrew, the most attested of Canaanite languages, by comparing it with Arabic, a well-attested non-Canaanite Semitic language. In languages where the shift occurs, it also gives historical linguists reason to suppose that other shifts may have taken place. The Kings of Judah were the monarchs who ruled over the ancient Kingdom of Judah after the death of Saul, when the Tribe of Judah elevated David to rule over it. After seven years, David became king of a reunited Kingdom of Israel. The genealogy of Jesus is described in two passages of the New Testament: in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew. Matthews genealogy commences with Abraham and then from King David and his son Solomon through the legal line of the kings via Jeconiah to Joseph. Luke gives a different genealogy, going back to Adam, through Nathan, a minor son of David, and again to Joseph. In iconography, the evangelists often appear in Evangelist portraits derived from classical tradition, and are also frequently represented by the following symbols, which originate from the four living creatures that draw the throne-chariot of God, the Merkabah, in the vision in the Book of Ezekiel (Chapter 1) reflected in the Book of Revelation (4.6-9ff). Matthew the Evangelist, the author of the first gospel account is symbolized by a winged man, or angel. Luke the Evangelist, the author of the third gospel account (and the Acts of the Apostles) is symbolized by a winged ox or bull. The symbols chosen to represent the Evangelists (angel and bull) appear to be entirely consistent with symbolism associated with far older religious iconography and appear to hint at an additional meaning, concerning the genealogy itself. In Old French, San Gréal means Holy Grail and Sang Réal means Royal Blood. The Anunnaki are a group of deities in ancient Mesopotamian cultures (i.e. Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian). The name Anunnaki means something to the effect of Those of Royal Blood. The Anunnaki are the Sumerian deities of the old primordial line associated eventually with the underworld, where they became judges (cf. Daniel; God is my judge). The name Ashur is written A-šur or Aš-sùr, and in Neo-assyrian often shortened to Aš (Ash). In the Book of Job—the most distinctively astronomical part of the Bible—mention is made, with other stars, of Ash and Ayish, almost certainly divergent forms of the same word (cf. Ash and Ayin). Professor Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer and science historian, draws attention to the fact that Ash denotes moth (Strongs Hebrew: 6211. עָשׁ (ash) -- a moth; Asura is also a genus of moth) in the Old Testament, and that the folded wings of the insect are closely imitated in their triangular shape by the doubly aligned stars of the Hyades. Ayish in the Peshitta (sometimes called the Syriac Vulgate) is translated Iyutha, a constellation mentioned by St. Ephrem and other Syriac writers, and Schiaparellis learned consideration of the various indications afforded by Arabic and Syriac literature makes it reasonably certain that Iyutha authentically signifies Aldebaran, the great red star in the head of the Bull, with its children, the rainy Hyades. In ancient Hebrew texts, the Ashkuz (Ashkenaz) are considered to be a direct offshoot from the Gimirri (Gomer). In the Hebrew Bible, Ashkenaz (אַשְׁכְּנַז) was the first son of Gomer and brother of Riphath and Togarmah (Genesis 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6). The suffix of the name Ashkenaz, Kenaz (קְנָז Hunter), is the name of several persons in the Hebrew Bible (cf. Anunnaki/Ash-Kenazi). The roots Kena (כנע) meaning to be brought down by a heavy load, and Nazir (נָזִיר) meaning one consecrated, devoted (Ashkenazi, lit. hunters devoted to Ash). Atrahasis I: Creation of Humans: The gods had to dig out the canals, Had to clear channels, the lifelines of the land, The gods dug out the Tigris river bed, And then they dug out the Euphrates. Since the upper-class gods now see that the work of the lower-class gods was too hard, they decide to sacrifice one of the rebels for the good of all (cf. Geshtu-E; Kingu). They will take one god, kill him, and make mankind by mixing the gods flesh and blood with clay (cf. Adam אָדָם: meaning red, and Adamah אדמה: ground or earth; rel. to Adom/Edom red, Admoni ruddy, and Dam blood) Belit-ili the womb-goddess is present, Let the womb-goddess create offspring, And let man bear the load of the gods! In the Book of Genesis, ׳āḏām can also be rendered mankind in the most generic sense, which is similar to its usage in Canaanite languages. In some Hindu traditions, Manu is a title accorded to a progenitor of humanity. According to these traditions, the current time period is ruled by the seventh Manu (after seven years, David became king) called the Vaivasvata Manu, the son of Vivasvân and his wife Sanjnâ. Vaivasvata Manu, whose original name was Satyavrata (cf. Sataves), is the 7th Manu and considered the first king to rule this earth, who saved humanity from the great flood. Old English man, mann human being, person (male or female); brave man, hero; servant, vassal, from Proto-Germanic *manwaz (cf. Old Saxon, Swedish, Dutch, Old High German man, German Mann, Old Norse maðr, Danish mand, Gothic manna man), from Proto Indo European root *man- (1) man (cf. Sanskrit manuh, Avestan manu-, Old Church Slavonic mozi, Russian muzh man, male). In Sumerian mythology, the Utukku were a type of spirit or demon that could be either benevolent or evil. In Akkadian mythology, they were referred to as Utukki. They were seven evil demons who were the offspring of Anu (The Great Bull of Heaven; cf. Tôru ʾĒl Bull ʾĒl or The Bull God) and Antu (cf. An-goddess). The Sebitti (the sons of heaven and earth; cf. Benei HaʼElōhīm: בני האלהים) are a group of seven minor war gods in Babylonian and Akkadian tradition. They are the children of the god Anu and follow the god Erra, the god of mayhem and pestilence who is responsible for periods of political confusion (cf. Eris), into battle. The Sebitti call on Erra to lead the destruction of mankind. They are, in differing traditions, of good and evil influence. The evil Utukku were called Edimmu or Ekimmu; the good Utukku were called Shedu (cf. Sebitti). The Utukku were considered vengeful toward the living and might possess people if they did not respect certain taboos, such as the prohibition against eating ox meat. Two of the best known of the evil Utukku were Asag (slain by Ninurta) and Alû. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Alû is the celestial Bull. The Akkadian name for the constellation Taurus was Alû. Alûlim was the first king of Eridu, as well as Sumer, according to the “mythological” antediluvian section of the Sumerian King List. The element lim could be related to several Semitic words. In Ugaritic lim is a cognate with Hebrew lĕʾom, and both mean people/nation. In Akkadian, lim/līmu means 1,000 (which may be related to Hebrew lĕʾom; people) and is used as a shortened form of thousand gods that appear in Syro-Hittite treaties and Ugaritic texts. “Aluf” is taken from the Bible (the Tôrah; cf. Tôru, Tură), where it was a rank of nobility among the Edomites. It comes from a Semitic root meaning thousand making an Aluf the one who commands a thousand people. The Hebrew word translated as clan is also Aluf, used to describe Edom and Moab, also later translated as chief, general, or duke. Elohim is a grammatically singular or plural noun for god or gods in both modern and ancient Hebrew language and is etymologically reminiscent of Alûlim (Aleim is sometimes seen as an alternative transliteration of Elohim). Lugal is the Sumerian cuneiform sign for leader from the two signs, LÚ.GAL (man, big/great), and was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state could bear. The sign eventually became the predominant Sumerian term for a King in general. Gallu from the Sumerian GAL.LÚ (big/great, man), were great demons/devils of the underworld. Gallu demons hauled unfortunate victims off to the underworld. They were one of seven devils (or the offspring of hell) of Babylonian theology that could be appeased by the sacrifice of a lamb at their altars. The Annunaki are mentioned in The Epic of Gilgamesh when Utnapishtim tells the story of the flood. The seven judges of hell are called the Annunaki, and they set the land aflame as the storm is approaching. The word Gallu may also refer to a human adversary, one that is dangerous and implacable.
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