What given name means "servant of
Marduk" in Aramaic?
Etymology, Etymology, and more Etymology
as well as grammar, usage, euphemism, slang, jargon, semantics (meaning), linguistics, neologism, idiom, word origin, syntax, dialect, lexicon (vocabulary), diction, pidgin, synonym, antonym, homonym, cant, argot, lingo, and redundancy.
The critically-acclaimed board game
MooT
consists of tough questions about the nuances of the English language.
Answer:
Mordecai
The name Mordecai probably means "servant of Marduk" in
Aramaic (as Marduk was the Babylonian war-god, a servant of Marduk is perhaps a
soldier).
However, one thing is
certain: Mordecai is the first person to be explicitely referred to as a
Jew in the Hebrew Bible.
Esther 3:4 Now it came to pass, when they
spoke daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to
see whether Mordecai's words would stand; for he had told them that he was a
Jew.
For an interesting discussion of
the meaning of the name Mordecai, please check out its entry in the
Wikipedia.
Please note that these are draft questions for the board game MooT.
If you spot an error or disagree with anything I've said here,
please let me know and I'll fix it.
(the Mootguy)
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