MDMD(11): Rebekah
Richard Romeo
richardromeo at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 20 18:45:03 CST 2001
>
>John Bailey wrote:
> >
> > Rebekah - From where does this unusual (?) spelling arrive? Not in the
> > fiction, I mean, but I've never come across the name spelt this way. It
> > doesn't sound that British to me, but, whatever. Rebecca means to tie or
>to
> > bind, which is an interesting coincidence...
>
>-----------
way off in left field, but sometimes you look at a word and for some reason
the brain comes up with something really close but no exactly that word?
I've seen computer software do this. not a shock.
But I see 'rebekah' and my brain shoots over to 'merkabah', which is
The Old Testament cites a "merkebah," a divine light body, a vehicle of
vehicles, a chariot of fire. The merkebah allows divine intelligence to
connect with other intelligences, making the reality of spirit known via an
energizing or quickening. Ezekial 1:4-28, Ki 2:11.
fwiw...
Rich
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