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dear_janet

29 march 2005

Mar 29, 2005 19:33

j,

how do you name characters in stories so they don't sound like madeup names?
how do you rename characters in stories who are based on people in real life?
how do you rename yourself?

what would my name be if it were not devorah?

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dear_janet March 30 2005, 03:25:24 UTC

more & more i go by 'devorah.' deVORah.

when going by 'deborah,' it's sort of two-and-a-half syllables. DEH-bor-ah. the last two syllables are quick. i emphasize all three, because it isn't 'deb-ra,' and i want people to spell it correctly.

but yes, more often, devorah.

vetosoup March 30 2005, 03:28:47 UTC

when youre devorah you're a russian princess. devushka devorah.

dear_janet March 30 2005, 04:25:01 UTC

do you know the story of devorah & her palm tree from the bible?

devorah is a judge!

a prophetess.

vetosoup March 30 2005, 05:51:03 UTC

i have not heard that one! i'll look it up on my mom's bible software. :>

dear_janet March 30 2005, 06:49:00 UTC

http://www.bible.ort.org/books/haftarotd4.asp?action=displayid&id=374

i think this should link to it

chevrefeuilles March 30 2005, 13:02:47 UTC

thanks for that. i will go read it in my new (used) bible illustrated by barry moser.

there was a long prayer at the easter vigil on saturday in which some of the petitions thanked g-d for important people from the bible. one was "thank you for gideon and deborah..." }:)=

chevrefeuilles March 30 2005, 13:11:52 UTC

"You who ride on white asses, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way, tell of it... Among the divisions of Reuben there were great deliberations of heart."

I am confused by the navigation of that site or maybe by the arrangement of books...Is the passage from Judges, from Exodus, or is Judges part of Exodus in this arrangement? Plz advise.

chevrefeuilles March 30 2005, 13:21:48 UTC

okay, i think i understand now. the passage in judges is paired with the passage in exodus...

oh dear_janet March 30 2005, 17:28:05 UTC

well, 'duh'
the main reading for the week is the torah portion called 'beschelach' from exodus. this is the haftorah, accompanying portion, and it is from judges.

i see what you were saying now.

(am just having my coffee & am a little slow)

each week Jews read the parshah (torah portion) and haftorah portion. it's quite neat.

dear_janet March 30 2005, 17:28:49 UTC

also the 'duh' was directed at myself, for the first comment i made as 'halation' which i deleted

sorry!

i'm really slow today!

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dear_janet March 30 2005, 04:25:22 UTC

:-) but of course
thanks for yr crosspost

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