Posted on 11/13/2025 4:11:04 PM PST by fatima
Wow. That’s an excellent memory.
"Born is the king of Israel"
On that note, it "just so happens" that the first Noel [נואל] of the Bible appears in the account of the birth of Israel, in the name Penuel [פנואל]:
Genesis 3227 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
The last verse makes it obvious that somebody really stuck a nerve. 😉
The other name in the Bible with "Noel" inside is Immanuel [עמנו אל].
Ha. Somebody needs to get a room.
“What do you say we take this out on the patio?”
That Ray Charles “Born To Lose” from those two great breakthrough hit albums of sentimental country songs he took over and dominated with his sincere style.
(Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music).
Great choice.
I’m afraid that movie scene is all that comes into my head. I just can’t get past it. 😁
https://youtu.be/3LquT-Ozjbw?si=3ZYSaxMk9aWC53uK
Phil Manzanera/Quiet Sun - Trumpets with Motherhood
I can’t. It’s not politically correct.
Born To Be Blue - Chet Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y11EHQAGhU
Why Was I Born? - Vanessa Williams
https://www.instagram.com/p/C—KZHaJ8Ff/
Why Was I Born? (1929) - Leo Reisman Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP0oKcDXsHQ
The First Nowell--Dick Haymes with the Song Spinners (1944)
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