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“Abracadabra” is actually a Hebrew phrase meaning “I create (A’bra) what (ca) I speak (dab’ra).”
Many consider that the word “Abracadabra” is actually a Hebrew phrase meaning “I create (A’bra) what (ca) I speak (dab’ra).” I don't know if it's from some kind of ancient Hebrew form, but it sure isn't from the modern Hebrew, so in my opinion there is a need to clear it out. Thank you and good day :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.179.255.105 (talk) 16:46, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
- This is a variation on something I added higher up, substantiated with a diagram of the early Hebrew words of Genesis in the form of a tilted square.--DStanB (talk) 08:50, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
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self-contradiction
In the "Etymology" section, the article states "Abracadabra is of unknown origin, and its first occurrence is in the second century works of Serenus Sammonicus, according to the Oxford English Dictionary", in the following "History" section it says "the first known mention of the word was in the third century AD in a book called Liber Medicinalis (sometimes known as De Medicina Praecepta Saluberrima) by Serenus Sammonicus...". Both sentences are cited, but to offline works so I cannot check which is correct. The article Serenus Sammonicus states he died in 212, and so he lived in both the second and third centuries meaning both dates are plausible. Thryduulf (talk) 23:39, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
Origin
Genesis 1:1 Bereshet bara Elohim. In the beginning created God https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1.htm
Bereshet meaning "proceeding from" Bara meaning "power" Elohim, or Alakazam, meaning "God" Proceeding the power of Elohim. Bereshet bara Elohim Abrakad Abra Alakazam Church of Britain (talk) 14:30, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
- Bereshit means "in the origin" -
- Be - in , reshit - from the Semitic root r.a.sh (head)
- Bara - b.r.a means to create
- Elohim - god
- "In the origin, god have created" would be the correct translation. Asafg8 (talk) 14:01, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
Hebrew origin and Lawrence Kushner
The claim that the word is of Hebrew origin is cited to a book by Lawrence Kushner. However, Kushner writes that the word is of Aramaic origin. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:07, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
- A possible source for improving the article. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:37, 22 November 2020 (UTC)