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Fun fact: at first I didn't realize the first book was part of a series. So I finished it and was like "that's a pretty open ending.
... Yeah I still see a lot of loose ends here.
... Oh"

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 1h

Not quoting the post that made me think of it to avoid spoilers, but you should all check out S. A. Chakraborty's Daevabad Trilogy.

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 2h

Dank voor het schrijven! Ik zou nog toevoegen: Gomer, de eerstgeborene van Jafet. Wat mij betreft waarschijnlijk het belangrijkste datapunt voor de datering van Genesis 10 op de late 8ste of vroege 7de eeuw.

Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 8h

Can you access this?

Waw to Vav: Greek and Aramaic Contact as an Explanation for the Develo

Summary: In ancient times, the Hebrew consonant ו waw was originally pronounced as a labio-velar [w]. According to the medieval grammarians, however, the regular realization of this consonant in Tibe

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks, I hadn't noticed how consistently Dan 1 itself contrasts the vegetables with the פתבג without ever calling it meat!

Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 12h

But apparently they're OK with eating his vegetables, just the meat and wine are the issue.

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ari @toomuchpiano.bsky.social · 18h

i wrote a paper senior year of high school on the Scyldings, the almost historical Danish royal family in the background of both Beowulf and the source materials for Hamlet (!)

Osborn and Niles suggest that the Scylding legends might have been inspired by the burning of the 6th c. hall at Lejre

Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 1d

Checking out the Viking-Age hall reconstruction in Lejre, Denmark

A 60m-long Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre, in green surroundings

A decorated internal archway in the Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre

The main internal space in the Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre, with various furnishing surrounding a central firepit.

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 20h

But are you sure it's ܙܦܫ (zpš) and not ܢܦܩ (npq)?

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 20h

ܢܦܩ?

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Rainne @alantielrainne.bsky.social · 1d

Gain reputation and spare yourself their trouble!

Noticed "despite despising", how similar those words are. Looked them up and they're indeed related, with basic meaning of "look down on with contempt"; "despite" evolved from that in a sense of "in defiance of". Bit of etymology for the day. 💁🏻‍♀️

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 1d

Are they set in London?

Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 1d

Or צהרֵם, with diphthong contraction. One example of an *-ayN adverbial elsewhere that I'm quite impressed with is spoken Arabic baʕdēn 'later'.

Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 1d

Probably! IIRC, Moabite has -n for one and -m for the other.

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, like that. Yeah, not that I know of.

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 1d

I don't get this last point, could you explain?

In general I'm not sure *most* of theee placenames are taken as secondary. But yeah there does seem to be an adverbial suffix that sounded like the dual ending. Also explains words like צהרים '[*at] midday'.

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 2d

Also elsewhere in Semitic!

Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 2d

Cool Levantine #Arabic etymology: maṣāri 'money', originally plural of maṣri 'Egyptian [coin].

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Egas Moniz Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ @egasmb.bsky.social · 2d

Mongolian has some wild Eurasian etymologies! 🥰 My favourite one is nom ᠨᠣᠮ ('book'), from Greek νόμος, via Sogdian and Old Uyghur. The semantic shift 'custom, law' > 'scripture' > 'book' is lovely.
Btw nomos also has a Syriac > Arabic result, nāmōsā ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ > nāmūs ناموس 😀
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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 3d

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 3d

Waarschijnlijk is dit juist de pre-existente uitgangstoestand, voor de eerste scheppingsdaad. Zoals de Griekse Chaos.

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 3d

Heel mooi!

Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 3d

Unrelated. In Arabic it means "imposing", I think, but not in the awe-inspiring sense AFAIK.