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March 19

Question please

What does this hebrew phrase mean ?

רוא-יהיו רוא יהי םיהלא רמאיו —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.157.232.184 (talk) 00:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

It's backwards. That's to say, it only reads correctly if you take it letter-by-letter from left to right (which is difficult if you know any Hebrew, which is written from right to left). It's from Genesis: "And God said, let there be light, and there was light." Cutting and pasting Hebrew seems to produce all kinds of screwy results on many computers. I believe this will display correctly though (contains vowel markings, unlike the posted version):

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י אֹ֑ור וַֽיְהִי־אֹֽור׃ Wareh 15:46, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow -- good call, Wareh! I guess the literal answer, then, is that the phrase means "thgil saw ereht dna ,thgil eb ereht tel dias doG dnA." Jfarber 15:51, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed! I defer to Jfarber's translation. Wareh 16:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

antonyms

Is the antonym of nobility humility or humiliation? And is the verb 'ennobled' the antonym of 'humble' or 'humiliated'?Coffsneeze 02:08, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wictionary defines the adjective form of noble as "Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character." The entry then lists "ignoble" as the sole antonym, which means "common" or "not honorable".

Given that, rather than humility, I'd suggest "pettiness" as an antonym for "nobility", and "dishonored" as the antonym of "ennobled". Jfarber 02:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about "infamy" as the antonym of "nobility" ? StuRat 02:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do you say honour in Latin?

Honour as in man of honour. - Pyro19 06:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~~Early classical Latin: honos, honoris. Classical Latin used Rhotacism, thus honor, honoris. See History of Latin. Rockpocket 07:08, 19 March 2007 (UTC)~~ Withdrawn per the expert correction below. Rockpocket 17:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the sense you want, honestas is better than honor (which generally means an honor or office). The man of honor himself is honestus. Wareh 15:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How should honor be interpreted in the quote honorem, cui honorem from the Vulgate's version of St. Paul's epistle to the Romans? ---Sluzzelin talk 15:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is very much in line with the core Classical meanings: "high esteem or respect accorded to superior worth or rank, honor," "a particular mark of esteem, an honor." This is the honor Paul says one should pay to the persons to whom it is due. This is a good example of honor not meaning "title to respect, honorableness, honor; moral rectitude, integrity," which is the sense Pyro19 asked about (Latin honestas). Wareh 16:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! ---Sluzzelin talk 17:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

El Caribe

Hi, I am searching the internet for websites that contain information about the Festivals de El Caribe. Unfortunately, the websites that I need are under classzone.com, but that site is down under construction and I was hoping to locate the websites somewhere else. If anyone knows where I can find information about El Caribe in 3 different countries, that would be awesome!

You will find information on festivals in the Caribbean in the articles Culture of Haiti, Culture of Trinidad and Tobago, and on this page. You may find more information if you search the articles on individual countries listed at the bottom of our article Caribbean. Marco polo 23:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wish this could help, but I know that the festival(s) that I am looking for are not the Carnival.

Perhaps this page will be more helpful. Marco polo 00:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

El Caribe 2

thanks, but thats still not it :(. all i know is that this website has a light blue background, and on the side has tabs such as "informacion", "objectos", and "adios". Any suggestions help —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.188.176.32 (talk) 01:07, 20 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You may not be able to find the website you wanted if the servers hosting it are down. But you can find the information you want at the websites or Wikipedia pages I have mentioned. Marco polo 15:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]