BASQUE
AND THE BIBLE *
A review derived from the following:
Nyland, Edo. 2001. Linguistic Archaeology: An Introduction. Trafford Publ., Victoria, B.C., Canada.
ISBN 1-55212-668-4. 541 p.
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It has been noted by Nyland (2001) that in 1825, the French Abbot
Diharce
de Bidassouet wrote in his "Histoire des Cantabres" that
Basque was the original language spoken by the Creator. For that remark, he
has been ridiculed ever since and yet he was not far from wrong. At about the
same time the Basque
priest Erroa maintained that Basque was the language spoken in the
earthly paradise. For that his colleages treated him as a harmless lunatic,
however, Erroa was so convinced he was right, that he appealed to the Bishop of Pamplona, who referred the appeal to the
Chapter of the Cathedral of Pamplona. This august body considered the matter
seriously and, after several months of deliberations, it solemnly gave
judgment in Erroa's favor and publicly subscribed to his theory. (Gallop, p
4). Soon thereafter all minutes and other records of the proceedings
mysteriously vanished, because such an endorsement just wasn't supposed to
have happened.
Abbot Dominique Lahetjuzan (1766-1818) had also concluded that
Basque was the language of the Garden of Eden. He showed that the names of the main
characters in the Book of Genesis were all Basque in origin and had
appropriate meanings. For this he was declared one of the most entertaining
figures of the "theological age", with accompanying ridicule. But
Lahetjuzan was right, as will be shown. This article is dedicated to his
memory, so he may not be forgotten. These are only three of the many Basque
speakers who have recognized Basque, not only in names and in words of the
Bible, but also in hundreds of geographical names all over the world. All
were ridiculed, or worse, for what they had observed, because the Roman
Catholic church was not yet ready to admit that these names and words had
been made-up out of a more ancient language, Saharan, to which Basque and
Ligurian are closely related. This
language had been spoken in pre-Christian times in many parts of the world
during the very early "Civilization of the Goddess", as
Stanford University archaeologist, Dr. Marija Gimbutas, has named it.
The method used
to decode the Biblical names has been explained in detail by Edo Nyland, A
brief explanation follows:
The linguists
who made up these names used the vowel-interlocking formula, which means that
a description of the person or word was made in Saharan, using words that
start with vowel-consonant vowel (VCV). These first three letters of each
word were then used to agglutinate into the new word like this:
VCV-VCV-VCV-VCV but the vowels on either side of the hyphens had to be the
same like this: VCV1-V1CV2-V2CV3-V3CV4-V4
etc. Every consonant in the name therefore stands for one whole word in the
Saharan language. The very first vowel of the name is often not present.
After the basic agglutination was done, several of the vowels were removed.
If there are missing vowels in a VCV such as in "en." (as in
"amen"), all five possibilities, ena, ene, eni, eno and enu must be
tried, using the VCV dictionary. Most of the words thus obtained can be discarded immediately
because they don't fit in and make no sense; the correct word combination
usually will stand out. Retracing the monk's thought processes is no exact
science. Therefore, it is surprising
to see how reliable the results can be that are obtained most of the time,
especially with longer words. This is best shown with a few examples:
amen, ame-en., ame-ene,
ame
ame ametsetsi
to idealize
en. ene
ene
exclamation
Exclamation of idealization.
Jezebel, je-eze-ebe-el., je-eze-ebe-ele,
je
je jentil pagan, gentile
eze eze
ezetsiz
disdainful
ebe ebe
ebertar Hebrew
el. ele
eleizakoak
sacraments
(This) pagan is disdainful of the Hebrew sacraments.
A name assembled with the same first word is:
Jerusalem,
je-eru-usa-ale-em., je-eru-usa-ale-ema,
je
je jentil
pagan, gentile
eru erru
errukigabe
cruel
usa usa
usadio
custom
ale ale
alegia
fake
em. ema
emankortasun
fertility
Cruel pagan custom (to achieve) fake fertility.
This must
refer to the voluntary sacrifice of a young man, an annual practice in the Goddess
religion, which obviously had taken place in Jerusalem and a few other places
of religious significance. The young man's title in the Bible is "Tammuz" (Ezekiel
8:14), from the Basque word damuz (regretfully). The last Tammuz may have been Jesus, as the name
Jerusalem may suggest. If this is true Jesus cannot have been a Jew, but may
have been a a gentile instead, as the decoding of his name also suggests:
The name Jesus also starts with "je", like Jezebel and Jerusalem.
Jesus Christ, je-ezus kri-ist,
je jentil gentile, pagan
ezus/ ezustelkor
incorruptible
kri kriatzaile
God
ist istun speaker
Incorruptible Gentile; God's speaker.
As Jesus also went voluntarily to his
death, this could be an indication that Jesus was a Gentile. It is possible
that the word Jew was coined to match the first letters of Jesus' name, to
make it look as if he were a Jew.
Four more
words relating to the human sacrifice are:
apocalypse, apo-oka-ali-ip.-.se,
apo-oka-ali-ipu-usa,
apo
apo apokeria filthy deed
oka oka
okastagarri
disgusting
ali ali
alienazio
the killing of a person
ip. ipu
ipuinezko
legendary
.se usa
usario tradition
"The disgusting and filthy killing of a person in legendary
tradition".
Subiaco (the mother-house of all the Benedictines), .su-ubi-ako,
isu-ubi-ako:
.su
isu isurikatu
to waste a life
ubi ubi
ubil
whirlpool
ako ako
akorduan
euki to remember
"Remember the waste of life in the whirlpool".
This name became the rallying cry of the Benedictine monks who
established the first monasteries in western Europe.
The name "Albion" al.-.bi-on., also appears to fit in
this group of names:
al.
alu alukeria repulsive action, deed
.bi ubi
ubil whirlpool
on. ona
onartezin
unacceptable
"The repulsive deed in the whirlpool is
unacceptable".
The most
dramatic of the Tammuz sacrificial deaths took place, not in the
Mediterranean, but in the Whirlpool of Corrivreckan, located 50
miles west of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the only such annual sacrificial
place in NW Europe and the ordeal was attended by thousands of people coming
from as far away as Norway, Denmark, the Baltic region, Scotland and Ireland,
even Russia. The island where they gathered used to be called "Hinba" from hinbasio (invasion) (see Adwoman ). This name referred to the many people who annually arrived like
an invasion to attend the sacrifice and to watch the life struggle of the
young man in the coracle, which was anchored in the whirlpool, all observers
watching in dead silence. From the high viewpoint at the far north tip of the
island everyone could observe the tragedy. The cable with which the boat was
tied to the anchor stone was woven out of the long braids that young women
cut off for this purpose. It was a great honor to have your hair selected,
and to this day, many women in NW Europe carefully save their long braids as
long as they live for this purpose, even though the reason for this has long
been forgotten. When the Benedictines arrived, the island's name was quickly
changed from Hinba to Jura, juramendu (cursed), from the most holy island to "The Cursed Isle"
and a very determined, and almost successful, effort was made by the church
to eliminate all evidence and memories of this happening. To this day
tourists visiting the nearby Isle
of Iona are told that 60 "kings" of Norway, Scotland,
Ireland etc. are buried in the sandy graveyard by the restored monastery.
Martin Martin, in his book "The
Hebrides", writes in 1695: "They can boast that they are
honored with the Sepulchers of eight Kings of Norway, who at this day, with
forty eight Kings of Scotland, and four of Ireland lie entombed in the Isle
of Iona; a Place fam'd for some peculiar Sanctity". It is likely that
there are many, many more. None of the stone grave markers are now visible,
having all been destroyed or buried by the monks, but the slab-stone coffins
may still be in the ground.
The following
example is made of two words, separated by an apostrophe, indicating a break
in the vowel-interlocking.
Halle'luja, .ha-al.-.le 'lu-uja, aha-ala-ale 'lu-uja:
.ha aha
ahalguzti
the Almighty
al. ala
alaiki happily
.le/ ale
alegera
rejoicing
'lu 'lu
luzatu to prolong
uja uja
uja shout of joy
Happily
rejoicing in the Almighty (with) prolonged shouts of joy.
Some
Biblical words, like this one, are actually two words because the vowel
linking is interrupted. The spot should be indicated by an apostrophe. However, over the centuries many of these
have been lost because translators didn't know what they represented. This
oversight makes translation more of a challenge.
Starting at the beginning
of Genesis, Nyland organized the names according to the numbering in the
Bible. The following results were
obtained by using the aforementioned system:
2:11. Pishon, from pixontzi
(chamberpot): "Chamberpot".
2:11. Havilah, (no logical translation at this time).
2:13. Gihon, .gi-iho-on., agi-iho-ona; aginerakuste
(threat) ihortziri (thunder) onago (closer): "The thunder threatens to come closer".
2:13. Cush,
.ku-ux., iku-uxu; ikusbide (scenery, countryside) uxu
(cry of happiness): "A cry of
happiness for the scenery".
2:14. Tigris,
.ti-ig.-.ri-is., ati-iga-ari-isu; itxi (abandon) igarobide (crossing) arriskatsu (dangerous) isurazkar (fast flowing): "Abandon your dangerous crossing of the
fast flowing river".
2:14. Assyria, as.-.si-iri-iha, ase-esi-iri-iha; aserrez
(angrily) esinguratu (to surround) iri (city) ihabali (frightened): "The angrily surrounded the frightened
city".
2:15. Euphrates,
eup.-.h.-.ra-ate-es., eupa-ahi-ira-ate-ese; eupa (call, calling out) ahi/ai (strong
desire, desperate) iragaile (ferryman) aterbetu (to shelter against, to escape from) esetsi
(battle, attack):"Desperately calling out for the ferryman to escape
from the attack".
3:17. Adam,
ada-am., ada-ama; adarra sartu (to deceive) amarruki (cunningly): "(He was) cunningly deceived".
3:20. Eva,
eba, from ebasle (thief): "Thief". She stole the apple and, ever since,
women have suffered for her misdeed.
3:24. Cherubim,
xe-eru-ubi-im., xe-eru-ubi-ima; xedatu (to dispose of) errukigabe
(cruel) ubil (whirlpool) imagina (idol,
prince of light): "The cruel disposal of the prince-of-light in the
whirlpool". The moment of the resurrection of the drowned prince's soul
was observed by the crowd as a light phenomenon shining from the cave, where
the priestess was with the body. (printz means ray of light).
4:1. Cain,
from kahin (dowsing rod or divining rod): "Diviner". The word kahin has been lost from the
Basque vocabulary, but it was retained in Berber and Arabic.
4:2. Abel,
abe-el., ebe-ele; abeldun (cattleman) eleienda (legend): "The legend of the cattleman".
4:16. Nod,
no-od., no-ode; noa (I am going) odeiertz (horizon, far away): "I am going far away".
4:17. Enoch,
eno-ok., eno-oka; enoradun (covered with warts) okaztagarri
(disgustingly): "Disgustingly
covered with warts".
4:18. Mehuja'el, .me-ehu-uja'el., ame-ehu-uja'ele; amerikak egin (to
make a fortune) ehunsaltzaile (textile merchant) uja (shout of joy) ele (story): "Story of the textile merchant who shouted for joy
when he made a fortune".
5:18. Methusha'el,
.me-et.-.hu-usa-el., ame-ete-ehu-uxa-ele; amerikak egin (to make
a fortune) etekin (profit) ehunsatzaile (textile merchant) usain (suspicion) ele (story): "The story of the textile merchant who made a
fortune is suspicious".
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