 |
Nebuchadnezzar
A correspondent of Notes and Queries (July 21, 1877)
says that the compound Russian word Neboch-ad-ne-tzar means,
“There is no god but the czar.” Of course this is not the meaning of
the Babylonian proper name, but the coincidence is curious. The
-ezzar of Nebuchadnezzar means Assyria, and appears in such words
as Nabon-assar, Bel-ch-azzar, Nebo-pol-assar, Tiglath-Pil-eser,
Esar-haden, and so on.
Nabonassar is Nebo-adan-Assur (Nebo prince of Assyria);
Nebuchadnezzar is Nebo-chah-adun-Assar (Nebo, royal
prince-of Assyria). Nebo was probably an Assyrian god, but it was no
unusual thing for kings to assume the names of gods, as Bel-ch-azzar,
where Bel = Baal (Baal king-of Assyria.) (See Nabo.)
Nebuchadnezzar
The prophet Daniel says that Nebuchadnezzar walked in the
palace of the kingdom of Babylon and said, “Is not this great Babylon
that I have built ... by the might of my power, and for the honour of
my majesty?” And “the same hour ... he was driven from men, and did eat
grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his
hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds'
claws” (iv. 29-33).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Nebuchadnezzar from Infoplease:
See a map of "" in the Visual Thesaurus
|
|
