Me And My Cosmic Secrets
astrology!
I remember when I was in high school wondering why the Hebrew word for "astrology" was itztagninut and not something expected like asterologya. I discovered a possible reason why a week or few ago, when my hhevruta (study partner) and I encountered the word איצטגניני "astrologers" in our study of masekhet Sanhedrin, and I pulled out the Steinsaltz to see if he has one of his very interesting and illuminating (at least if you're a linguist like me) comments on etymology.
R' ‘Adin Even-Yisra’eil Steinsaltz explains that the origin of the word itztaginut (or istagninut) in its various forms is unclear, but some see it as a borrowing of a Greek word meaning "hidden" or "concealed", which I happen to know comes from a root meaning basically "cover" or "roof" (and which is distantly cognate to the English word thatch) —
s t e g á n o s
«coughcough»
I'm a poor student... how asur do you think it actually would be to make some extra cash working for Miss Cleo? ;-)
carved on the walls of the caverns by Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) at 11/28/2007 11:35:00 PM
7 Comments:
Say, didn't we have a discussion about steg/steig/steeg/staag already?
;-D
Just make sure your eighthundred number for soothingends in 7834.
I though Cleo was sued out of business..
Are you sure you want to fool the overcredulous out of their money and turn into a steg-anus?
the back of the hill:
actually, i was hoping for 867-5309 :-P
ha-historion:
she knew dat woz comin', mon...
lipman:
ouch!
Let me know if you ever get that job with Ms. Cleo. I'd be curious to follow your progress. ;)
And then there's Steganography.
Jack:
no problem, i'll be sure to keep you informed ;-)
Thanbo:
ah yes, i forgot about that one. thanks for the reminder!
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