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Abracadabra (also known as Abracadabra) is simply a magical formula. It was already utilized in Latin in late antiquity. However, their exact origin is disputed.
The exclamation mark is utilized in many Indo-European languages in a akin form (e.g. German, English and Russian). He was first mentioned between the 2nd and 4th centuries by the doctor Quintus Serenus in the book Liber medicinalis. In it he advised to wear a shrinking strategy of magic protection against malaria.
Origin
The meaning or origin of this word is disputed, but most likely it comes from Aramaic origin.
A-Bra-Ca-Dabra plays with the first 4 letters of the Latin alphabet and can be explained by the magic of letters and alphabet that were common in late antiquity: the alphabet has magical power due to the fact that it can be utilized to represent everything in the world.
These may be distorted forms of Hebrew words ברכה (b'racha) "blessing" and דבר (dabar) "word", "talk", but besides "poor". possibly it comes from the Hebrew הברכה דברה "ha-bracha dabra" (German. "Speak the blessing").
The liturgical expression of consecration consecration from the Latin-language planet "Hoc est (enim) corpus meum", in its distorted version as the magical expression "hocus-pocus", fits into this principle.
There is most likely besides a connection with Abraxas, a word that in Gnosis meant God and since Hellenism was considered the name of a powerful demon, frequently invoked in magic papyrus.
The word Abracadabra can besides be derived from the Arabic evidence "abreq ad habra", which allegedly evokes "the thunder that kills".
Another possible explanation is the Aramaic words אברא כדברא avrah k'davra, which means "I will create, speaking". Abra from the Aramaic 'bra' means 'create', Ka translates as 'during', and Dabra is the first individual to verb 'daber', meaning 'talk'.
The phonetically perfect convergence of Greek αὔρα κ' ἀνταύρα 'wind and wind in the forehead' (in modern Greek pronunciation) with the proposed origins is most likely due to randomness.
In the symbolic doctrine of gnosticism, this word was utilized to prevent an impending catastrophe, especially to drive distant disease. As an inscription or engraving on amulets in an increasingly extinguishing plan, it meant a gradual retreat of evil. The provision required that the word be written entirely in the first line, then shortened by 1 letter or, in any instructions, 2 letters until yet there was only 1 letter left. The inscription should have a triangular shape. It was thought that as the word loses the letter with each ruler, so it loses the disease.
Portable relevance
Metaphorically, mysterious sounding nonsense is called abracadabra. This may be related to a Persian cult that ordered the worship of 365 gods. You should have said all their names perfectly to get their help. If you made a mistake, you had to start over. To facilitate the assignment, the priests designed a triangle - shaped amulet in which the names were replaced by Greek letters. To further simplify the ritual, later generations utilized the first line of this magic triangle as a substitute for the whole, and thus began to usage the word abracadabra, which in itself does not matter.
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Etymology:
The origin of abracadabra is unknown and was first confirmed in the work of Serenus Sammonicus of the 2nd century concerning the cure for fever.
Some likely etymologies are: from a phrase in Aramaic meaning "I make like a word" (אברא כדברא), to etymology indicating akin words in Latin and Greek, specified as abraxas or similarity to the first 4 letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha-beta-gamma-delta or ΑΒΓΔ). However, according to Oxford English Dictionary "no documentation has been found confirming these different assumptions".
Historian Don Skemer suggests that it may come from the Hebrew phrase ha brachah dabarah (the name of the blessed), which is considered a magical phrase.
The Aramaic linguist Steve Caruso argues that Abracadabra cannot be either Aramaic or Hebrew, and suggests that the popularization of erroneous etymology is the consequence of a long discussion in an early online forum that attributes Rabbi Lawrence Kushner to the publication of modern etymology.
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Abracadabra (Abracadabra, Abraxas, Abrasax) – a word most likely derived from the Aramaic language (Abəra kaDavəra) that has no meaning.
Since the end of antiquity, in the mediate Ages and in early modern times, it has been utilized as a magic formula, i.e. an expression which, correspondingly, has the expected power to influence reality. Now a word "abracadabra" is utilized as (joyful) the word of a message without meaning, incomprehensible, confusing.
The 7 letters of the name АΒΡΑΣΑΞ has a numerical value of 365 (Α = 1, This word is found as a magic sign and symbol of the full (e.g. most likely besides in mention to the number seven) in Hellenistic magic papyrus, besides on ancient and medieval stone amulets, most frequently combined with a character with a human torso with a cock's head, human hands and snakes alternatively of legs.
The first time the word ABRACADABRA appeared in De Medicina Praecept Quintus Sammonicus Serenus - the gnostic doctor of Emperor Karakalla. Sammonicus prescribed the emperor an amulet to fight malaria, on which the word ABRACADABRA was engraved in the form of a triangle.
The word was usually written in 1 of the following ways:
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B - R - A
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B - R
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A
A - B - R - A - C - A - D
A - B - R - A - C - A
A-B-R-A-C
A-B-R-A
A-B-R
A - B
A
or
A - B - R - A - C - A - D - A - B - R - A
B-R-A-C-A-D-A-B-R
R-A-C-A-D-A-B
A-C-A-D-A
C-A-D
A
Remember:
Abracadabra is simply a meaningless word.
That's most likely why it exists.
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