Also one of *those* topics.
Posted on 04/04/2025 5:06:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A toddler has made a stunning discovery at the site believed to be where David battled Goliath more than 3,000 years ago.
Ziv Nitzan, 3, was collecting rocks while hiking with her family in Israel when she picked up a particular stone that turned out to be a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet.
A scarab amulet is an ancient Egyptian charm shaped like a scarab beetle, symbolizing protection, rebirth, and good fortune, which were commonly made of stone.
The hiking trail passes through Tel Azeka, less than 20 miles from Jerusalem, which is referenced in the Bible as the site of the infamous Biblical battle took place...
Tel Azeka has also been an archaeological site for the last 15 years due to its ancient treasures, like the one Nitzan found.
'We were walking along the path and Ziv bent down and out of the 70,000 stones around her, she picked up one stone,' said Omer, the toddler's older sister.
'When she rubbed it and removed the sand from it, we saw something was different about it. I called my parents to come see the beautiful stone, and we realized we had discovered an archaeological find.'...
Israeli Minister of Heritage, Amichai Eliyahu, said: 'The seal that little Ziv found during a family trip to Tel Azekah connects us to a grand story, that of the ancient civilizations that lived in this land thousands of years ago...
Dr Daphna Ben-Tor, an expert in ancient amulets and seals, determined that the seal found by the little girl was a Canaanite scarab from the Middle Bronze Age.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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well that’s some thing special to remember all her life!
amazing what gets revealed from rains, erosion, or when earth is moved.
“infamous Biblical battle took place”
Infamous?
Did you read the comments at the DM? They are horrible.
Great painting of David and Goliath! Goliath was recorded as nine feet tall. He’s a bit bigger than that in this painting. Hard to believe that is AI generated.
Wow, every comment is hateful. Every one. Is it like that all over the UK?
Who needs the Daily Mail for Biblical Archeology? There’s tons of exciting Biblical archeology material on free U-Tube.
“Infamous?”
If you’re a Philistine.
Normally the underside of a scarab bears the name of the pharaoh at the time it was made. Whose name is on this one?
If it is really 3,800 years old, I would expect the name of a Middle Kingdom monarch.
Not too long ago, I saw an AI-generated picture of David fighting the Ammonites. The Ammonites weren’t ancient warriors, but prehistoric sea creatures, like the nautilus of today, LOL.
Normally the underside of a scarab bears the name of the pharaoh at the time it was made. Whose name is on this one?
If it is really 3,800 years old, I would expect the name of a Middle Kingdom monarch.
Timing is key:
"A toddler has made a stunning discovery at the site believed to be where David battled Goliath more than 3,000 years ago.":
Coccinellidae (/ˌkɒksɪˈnɛlɪdiː/)[3] is a widespread family of small beetles. They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; "lady" refers to mother Mary. Entomologists use the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles to avoid confusion with true bugs.
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In Christianity, coccinellids have been seen as the literal gatekeepers of Heaven. A Swedish name for the insects, Himmelska nycla, means "Keys of Heaven". Jews have referred to the insects as the "Cow of Moses our Teacher".
While it's certainly true that "David" is the name of the bush that attracts monarchs, the ladybug is named after Moses.
"Moshe Rabbeinu's Cow" [פרות משה רבנו]
More here.>>>
Yiddish was no different from other European languages. It too had names for ladybug bearing religious associations, such as mashiakhl ("little Messiah"); Moyshe rabbeynus beheymele or Moyshe rabbeynus kiyele ("Moses' little cow"), and moyshe rabbeynus ferdele ("Moses' little horse"). These names are interesting, because while they show clear Slavic and German influences, they are Judaized forms of them in which not only -- as would go without saying -- is the Virgin Mary shunted aside, but God's name is considered too holy to be coupled with a lowly creature like a beetle. Instead, the ladybug is named for the messiah or for Moses (literally, Moyshe rabbeynu, "Our master Moses," which is how Jewish tradition always refers to him), Judaism's most revered figures.
The modern Hebrew parat Moshe rabbenu is, therefore, a translation of Moyshe rabbeynus beheymele or kiyele.
Ladybugs eat aphids...................
Very fascinating and informative, Ezekiel. Thanks for putting that explanation together. I had no idea the beautiful ladybug was so revered throughout ancient history.
("God's name is considered too holy to be coupled with a lowly creature like a beetle. Instead, the ladybug is named for the messiah or for Moses")
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There are times G‑d will put a soul in prison — often a very lofty soul, such as Joseph. It is like being held in a vice. Squeezed with the ultimate of futility, the deepest powers of the soul break through.
The worst prison is when G‑d locks you up. He doesn't need guards or cells or stone walls. He simply decides that, at this point in life, although you have talent, you will not find a way to express it. Although you have wisdom, there is nobody who will listen. Although you have a soul, there is nowhere for it to shine.
And you scream, "Is this why you sent a soul into this world? For such futility?"
That is when He gets the tastiest essence of your juice squeezed out from you.
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3211/jewish/Prison-Juice.htm
A toddler has made a stunning discovery at the site believed to be where David battled Goliath more than 3,000 years ago.
That's the whole idea. David knew how to play. God knows how to choose. Great timing, because just yesterday, I'd seen the thread about the Amazon "House of David" series, and wondered when David had been anointed, so I looked it up: February 27, 2025, for anyone is interested in knowing the time.
Ziv Nitzan, 3, was collecting rocks...
1 Kings 6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
AI sez:
The Hebrew name "Ziv" (זִיו) means "radiance" or "brightness". It's a unisex name often given to children born during the springtime, symbolizing renewal and growth.
'We were walking along the path and Ziv bent down and out of the 70,000 stones around her, she picked up one stone,' said Omer, the toddler's older sister.
Leave it to the girl named Omer to know exactly how to count.
'The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine,' David said as it was written in 1 Samuel 17:37.
Location: Shawmut, the literal place of the neck [of the bird-shaped peninsula], which is "an old Indian word" that plays off of the Persian word for
shawmat
the king (shah) is amazed/dead:
Literally, “the king is amazed”, from شاه (šâh, “king”) + مات (mât, “stunned, amazed”). When the term passed into Arabic before being borrowed into Romance languages, the second element was interpreted as مَاتَ (māta, “to die”).[1] The Tajik usage of шоҳмот (šohmot) to mean "chess" is a phono-semantic matching of Russian шахматы (šaxmaty).
Here at the neck (Mill Creek was filled to become Blackstone St.):
Map of Shawmut Peninsula from 1775
Cf. the name of the shmita [שמיטה] year, literally "release", to shawmat back to shmita:
שְׁמִיטָה f.n. PBH 1 drawing of a sword, drawing, pulling away. 2 שֽׁמִטָּה (q.v.). [Verbal n. of שָׁמַט. See שׁמט and first suff. ◌ָה.]
1 Samuel 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
Sha-um was the Neck, upon or near which was the first
Indian settlement, between the cove formerly coming in
from the northwest to beyond the eastern limit of Hay-
market Square, and the bay extending from the east to
points west of Dock Square, as shown on Winsor's map
of ancient Boston.
As Shaum was the neck, Shaum-ut seems to have been
applied, as already intimated, to the peninsula which was
near it to the north as well. So Mishaum was the greater
neck, and Mishaum-ut was applied to the whole peninsula
of Charlestown, which was near it on the east, and greater
than the peninsula north of the present Blackstone Street.
As Sha-um-ut was the residence of Blaxton, near the
Neck, so Mi-sha-um-ut was the temporary stopping-place
of Winthrop, near the greater Neck.
So I conceive came the name SHAWMUT.
Shawmut. It's an old Indian word.
Dot or feather? Maybe ask the Persian king, AHAS-Я-US.
The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject of speculation. From India it spread to Persia, where it was modified in terms of shapes and rules and developed into Shatranj.
Those who really know how to play and know the history of playing already know that Geoffrey the Giraffe (the animal famous for its long neck) is a Jewish kid.
Formerly known as "Dr. G. Raffe"
TOYS-Я-US:
Я is the Cyrillic letter Ya, the 24th/last letter of the Russian letters.
And then it turns out that as Romeo is for R in the English phonetic alphabet,
It's like when Yaakov (Я) met Rachel (R)...
Prizes for playing! RЯ
Cheek To Cheek (Lyrics) - Fred Astaire
Who wrote that song, anyway? The man whose birth name was literally Israel:
"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35,[3] specifically for Fred Astaire, the star of his new musical, Top Hat, co-starring Ginger Rogers.[4] In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_to_Cheek
לחי אל לחי" (127)"
Esther 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
Are Ya sure?
Welcome pun stars!
There are all sorts of interesting details running loose.
Even the Hebrew name for the ladybugs plays off of paro [פַּרעֹה], "pharaoh".
cow: para [פָּרָה]
cows: parot [פָּרוֹת]
cow (sing. construct form, a noun modifying a noun, cow of -): parat [פָּרַת־]
ladybug -- parat Moshe Rabbeinu [פרת משה רבנו]
ladybugs -- parot Moshe Rabbeinu [פרות משה רבנו]
Pharaoh didn't stand a chance. Hah -- that's what those folks got not only for worshiping cows, but for not being able to play. Moses' being tongue-tied, like that was a bad thing:
apis, aphids...
The "pharos" of Moshe Rabbeinu trump the aphids of Pharaoh.
Herald of PtahTerrible mistake! "Beer" [בִּירָה] is also the word for a capital city, like in Persia, Shushan the "bira", palace.This animal was chosen because it symbolized the courageous heart, great strength, and fighting spirit of the king. Apis came to being considered a manifestation of the king, as bulls were symbols of strength and fertility, qualities that are closely linked with kingship.
Because, when ya gotta go ya gotta go...
That's the punny thing about Ptah [פתח], Egypt's creator god:
He's the one in the very etymology of "Egypt":
the house (temple) of the ka (power) of Ptah.
In Hebrew, "פתח" is a door -- opening; entrance; opportunity
After 10 plagues, Pharoah... showed Moses the door [פתח].
"THERE'S THE DOOR!"
Now if you check out those hieroglyphics that spell EGYPT, the one in the middle even looks like a Y.
It's Gardiner's sign D28 set over a "mute vertical stroke" that indicates a glyph used as a logogram for a word. In this case, for the very power of Ptah:
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After 10 plagues, Egypt's power went out. It's truly the simple meaning that shows up in the "corrupted through many languages" word "EGYPT", because one letter does not get along with the others, does not rhyme with all the rest.
It's one thing when 4 out of 5 dentists agree, but when it comes to poetry in motion, that's not kosher:
E-G-Y-P-T
ee gee WHY pee tee
And what do you know, it's like what Haman was ranting about, that there were these certain people who didn't conform, as if anti-Establishment types were a bad thing.
Jews. Named after Judah, meaning praise. Specifically rooted in shooting the hands up into the air.
Yehuda, from yada, from yad (hand). It's all in there.
One man's saying surrender is another man's eagerness to praise the Lord, and to be chosen -- Here I am! Pick me! Pick me!
EGPT falls flat on its own for its lack of power, faith, courage, and initiative, don't you think?
Yeah but they all rhyme, falling in lockstep. Crptkeepers.
EGPT -- no hands going up, and too clueless and sapped to even know when to give up in order to live a little.
Suspicious timing with that new "bags under eyes" emoji.
Nobody knows Yosef!
(When Jacob saw the wagons that *Joseph* has sent, he KNEW his boy was behind it all. Something different about that parade. A certain signature style.)
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Dollars to donuts he got that from his mother.
What Torah are people reading anymore?!
"Her lovely locomotion, keeps my eyes open wide!" ~ Я (Yakov)
Given the find spot and the “Canaanite” identification, it’s probably not that old. It would be nice to have a direct scientific measurement, but as it’s been buried, that’s unlikely to satisfy anyone. :^(
The Ammonites and Moabites lived east of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea—they were descended from Ammon and Moab, the sons of Lot (Abraham’s nephew). The capital of the Ammonite kingdom, Rabbah, is now Amman, the capital of Jordan. The Israelites were besieging Rabbah when David had his famous affair with Bethsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite (II Samuel 11).
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