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(NJDC) Interesting In a fascinating coincidence, "Barack" and "Rahm" mean "lightning" and "thunder" in Hebrew   (njdc.org) divider line 150
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Edsel 2008-11-08 02:00:01 PM  
How long before somebody starts pointing to this as evidence of the "Antichrist" theory?

 
Stoj [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 02:04:02 PM  
Edsel: How long before somebody starts pointing to this as evidence of the "Antichrist" theory?

I have started my stopwatch.

 
Jeff73 2008-11-08 02:04:35 PM  
Or of stormy times ahead for America.

 
Whamdangler 2008-11-08 02:11:08 PM  
Ra'am- spelled reish, ayin, mem - means thunder, but it depends on how he spells his name. If he spells his name reish, mem, then it may mean something different (like "high, lofty, or loud").

And it looks like he does spell it the other way.

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3619067,00.html

 
Whamdangler 2008-11-08 02:14:07 PM  
Edsel: How long before somebody starts pointing to this as evidence of the "Antichrist" theory?

Anyone who does, as we know, is a complete idiot. Every biblical scholar will tell you that the anti-christ John was referring to was Nero. Hell, they all knew it at the time, but to mention Nero by name would have gotten him killed rather than simply banished to an island, as he was.

 
Yanks_RSJ 2008-11-08 02:17:28 PM  
Wow. Who cares?

 
Ms.Maus 2008-11-08 02:19:27 PM  
I wonder how many Americans are ignorant about their own Hebrew names. Not all of them sound like Ay-rab names.

My brother and I have Hebrew names and they were the most popular baby names in the years we were born.

 
sentex [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 02:20:01 PM  
What do they mean in Klingon?

 
Chariset [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 02:21:38 PM  
sentex: What do they mean in Klingon?

What you'd expect: "You have slandered my honor and I must kill you now."

 
ne2d [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 02:27:12 PM  
Whamdangler: Edsel: How long before somebody starts pointing to this as evidence of the "Antichrist" theory?

Anyone who does, as we know, is a complete idiot. Every biblical scholar will tell you that the anti-christ John was referring to was Nero. Hell, they all knew it at the time, but to mention Nero by name would have gotten him killed rather than simply banished to an island, as he was.


That's the Beast. "Antichrist" is not a person, it's just a word to describe rejection of Jesus as the Messiah, only used IIRC two or three times in the Bible, all in one short passage in 1 John.

 
Kar98 2008-11-08 02:33:02 PM  
Rahm happens to mean sweet cream in German, and Barack is a hovel in the same language. So what's the significance of that, I ask?

 
teto85 [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 02:38:14 PM  
The letters Ronald Wilson Reagan can be rearranged to make Insane Anglo Warlord and taken together in the original name they were three words of 6 letters each. 666. So there.

 
Two Dogs Farking [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 02:40:21 PM  
Kar98: Rahm happens to mean sweet cream in German, and Barack is a hovel in the same language. So what's the significance of that, I ask?

Big black penis?

 
Zappagirl [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 02:48:57 PM  
Barack means apricot in Hungarian...not sure what that means, except that I guess he's sweet and super tasty.

 
baorao 2008-11-08 02:50:14 PM  
I hear that in Yemen his name is a killing word.

/or maybe thats Fremen.

 
Xaxor [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:05:23 PM  
Thunder and Lightning? Time for Thor to make an appearance. Fark Yeah Thor!

 
Gosling [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:13:35 PM  
In Soviet R... no, no, I won't do it.

 
sarahthustra [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:13:52 PM  
donder and blitzen are also thunder and lightening. should we be expecting the cabinet members to be reindeer related as well, because i'm not sure i like who rudolph might turn out to be...

 
FloydA [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:19:58 PM  
teto85: The letters Ronald Wilson Reagan can be rearranged to make Insane Anglo Warlord


The letters in George Herbert Walker Bush can be rearranged to spell "Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog."

 
Two Dogs Farking [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:22:39 PM  
FloydA: teto85: The letters Ronald Wilson Reagan can be rearranged to make Insane Anglo Warlord

The letters in George Herbert Walker Bush can be rearranged to spell "Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog."


The letters in George Walker Bush can be rearranged to make "AWOL shrug beer keg".

/and Wolf Blitzer means "Wolf Flasher"

 
Forty-Two [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:23:57 PM  
"You're gonna eat Barack and you're gonna crap Rahm!"

 
tallguywithglasseson [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:24:19 PM  
Edsel: How long before somebody starts pointing to this as evidence of the "Antichrist" theory?

I'm guessing the "Jewish Cabal Conspiracy" will come first.

 
Forty-Two [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:25:46 PM  
"Rahm-bolt and Barack/ Very, very frightening me!/ Galileo..."

Oh, the possibilities...

 
steevmit 2008-11-08 03:26:30 PM  
In English Rahm is when you slam your winky into a ladygarden, and Barack is where you keep your soldiers.

 
GAT_00 [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:27:24 PM  
How about in Huttese? I'm sure the Hutts have gotten involved somehow.

 
Fondle My Sweaters [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:36:00 PM  
Lightning and thunder? America, fark yeah!

 
Stoj [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:38:21 PM  
FloydA: teto85: The letters Ronald Wilson Reagan can be rearranged to make Insane Anglo Warlord


The letters in George Herbert Walker Bush can be rearranged to spell "Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog."


The letters in Barack Hussein Obama can be rearranged to spell "A Smokier Bush Cabana" - obvious reference to the White House under Obama.

 
Whamdangler 2008-11-08 03:45:00 PM  
The letters in Barack Hussein Obama can be rearranged to spell:

I smoke a cabana shrub, or

Bareback human oasis, or

Caesarian mush kabob, or

Aback in Bush's aroma

 
burndtdan 2008-11-08 03:54:23 PM  
Ms.Maus: I wonder how many Americans are ignorant about their own Hebrew names. Not all of them sound like Ay-rab names.

My brother and I have Hebrew names and they were the most popular baby names in the years we were born.


i was named after the tribe of dan.

/not really

 
Talon [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 03:55:40 PM  
It is evidence that Thor and Zues are getting ready for the Ragnorak. END OF TIMES MAN... End of times :( Woe to us all when fenrir gets loose.

 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 04:16:16 PM  
Further proof that Obama is made out of pure, uncut awesome.

 
bobbette [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 04:31:17 PM  
Sadly it's not true.

The root form of the word B-R-K in many semitic languages means "blessing". Barack (بارك) or Mubarak (باراك) is the Arabic variant of that. Baruch (בָּרוּךְ) is the Hebrew variant of that.

Barak (בָּרָק) is a Hebrew given name from the Bible that means "lightning".

The usage of the root B-R-K as a male name meaning "blessing" occurs in the Ancient Semitic Sabean (barqac), in Palmyrene (baraq), and in Punic (Barcas, as surname of Hamilcar), and as a Divine name in Assyrian Ramman-Birqu and Gibil-Birqu[1], and personal Biblical name Barukh or Baruch (which is also the modern Hebrew cognate; see Book of Baruch for an instance of the name). "Barack" and "Baruch" are equivalent to "Benedict" (Latin Benedictus).

How do I like my eggs? Benedict!

 
FlyPanAm [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 04:44:18 PM  
Jeff73: Or of stormy times ahead for America.

Or Thor is about to put the hammer down!

/beat to the Thor reference
//whatev dude gonna put on an Obama shirt and tell that story in Europe somewhere

 
Jacobin 2008-11-08 04:45:54 PM  
Oh goody. I want to play.

Let's see. "John Wayne Gacy"

JOHN
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: God Is Gracious

 
CravenMorehead 2008-11-08 04:45:57 PM  
bp1.blogger.com

They're gonna eat lightning and crap thunder!

/hotlinked

 
DeathByGeekSquad 2008-11-08 04:47:01 PM  
Time to bust out some ancient prophecy..

In a time of conflict, Thunder and Lighting will strike, many will run.

 
Calvin Coolidge 2008-11-08 04:48:10 PM  
This is bad news... for Obama.

 
shagnasty117 2008-11-08 04:48:55 PM  
Sweet! rocky quote time!

" YOu'r gonna shiat barack and crap rham!"

 
V. M. Molotov 2008-11-08 04:49:10 PM  
DeathByGeekSquad: Time to bust out some ancient prophecy..

In a time of conflict, Thunder and Lighting will strike, many will run.


Does this come before or after the burning Bush?

 
Mentat [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 04:53:10 PM  
So which one's Tiki Barber and which one's Ron Dayne?

 
coachwdb 2008-11-08 04:53:11 PM  
www.childrens-music.org

 
Edsel 2008-11-08 04:54:09 PM  
Whamdangler: Ra'am- spelled reish, ayin, mem - means thunder, but it depends on how he spells his name. If he spells his name reish, mem, then it may mean something different (like "high, lofty, or loud").

And it looks like he does spell it the other way.


bobbette: Sadly it's not true.

The root form of the word B-R-K in many semitic languages means "blessing". Barack (بارك) or Mubarak (باراك) is the Arabic variant of that. Baruch (בָּרוּךְ) is the Hebrew variant of that.


Meh, "thunder & lightning" is cooler than "lofty blessing". The first one sounds like Lendale White and Reggie Bush at USC, the second sounds like some faggy prayer network crap. Stuff it, you elitist liberals with your elite language skills.

 
LarryDan43 2008-11-08 04:54:22 PM  
Kachow! Kachuga!

/Has a 2 1/2 year old.

 
Edsel 2008-11-08 04:55:19 PM  
Mentat: So which one's Tiki Barber and which one's Ron Dayne?

The analogy is pretty apt... Obama is the razzle-dazzle and Rahm is the hammer...

 
Logweasel 2008-11-08 04:55:25 PM  
wingkong.net

wingkong.net

I can help you!

 
FlyPanAm [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 04:56:10 PM  
LarryDan43: Kachow! Kachuga!

/Has a 2 1/2 year old.


Like Tamater w/o the Ta

/4 yo

 
CitizenReserveCorps 2008-11-08 04:56:51 PM  
Hopefully their administration goes better than the Ron Dayne/Tiki Barber "Thunder and Lightning" platoon.

 
Marmilman [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 04:57:31 PM  
www.notablebiographies.com

"thunder, lightning! Thunder, Lightning! THUNDER, LIGHTNING!"

 
CitizenReserveCorps 2008-11-08 04:58:15 PM  
Edsel: Mentat: So which one's Tiki Barber and which one's Ron Dayne?

The analogy is pretty apt... Obama is the razzle-dazzle and Rahm is the hammer...


Rahm doesn't really look like the dude you want busting it in from the 1. Although he was a ballet dancer so he might have a few Walter Payton style moves.

 
Pechorin 2008-11-08 05:02:20 PM  
Edsel: How long before somebody starts pointing to this as evidence of the "Antichrist" theory?

OMG! Thunder and lightning! Like the thunder and lightning at the end of times! This proves without a doubt Obama is the anti-christ!

/Someone had to do it
/came here for the anti-christ referrences, disappointed

 
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