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Re: [lojban] Re: Posterity Badness.
--- John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> wrote:
> Jorge Llamb��)B�as scripsit:
>
> > But then prophets are messengers of God too, aren't they?
>
> Pretty much: "prophet" is Greek for "spokesman", and both spokesmen and
> messengers are people who speak for others. In Exodus 7:1, God appoints
> Aaron as the "prophet" of Moses, so the person spoken for need not be
> divine. The etymology of the underlying Hebrew word "nabi" is uncertain.
Maybe {cuska'i} for "spokesperson".
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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