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1- In a message dated 3/21/2009 2:26:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
No mention of the word "Iraq
2- I agree. So, where did the name " Iraq" come from? Could it be another British invention?
3- Only if you are still interested and with links. More citations can be provided but there is a worldwide consensus on these conclusions.
However, and regardless of all the more you read about this land the more proud you become.
(Below are quotations from 2 sources in three different colours for ease of reference. The first and the third are from the same source).
Iraq In The Bible
by David L. Brown, Ph.D.
Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But, do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. Here's why:
Eden was in Iraq -- Genesis 2:10-14
Adam & Eve were created in Iraq. Genesis 2:7-8
Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq. Genesis 3:1-6
Noah built the ark in Iraq.
Nimrod established Babylon & the Tower of Babel was built in Iraq. Genesis 10:8-9; 11:1-4
The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq. Genesis 11:5-11
Abraham came from a city in Iraq. Genesis 11:31; Acts 7:2-4
Isaac's bride came from Iraq. Genesis 24:3-4,10
Jacob Spent 20 years in Iraq and met Rachel there. Genesis 27:42-45; 31:38
The first world Empire was in Iraq. Daniel 1:1-2; 2:36-38
The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq. Jonah 3
The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq.
The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq.
Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.
Assyria which is in Iraq conquered the ten tribes of Israel.
Amos cried out in Iraq!
Babylon which is in Iraq destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC
Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!
The 3 Hebrew children were in the furnace of fire in Iraq (Daniel)
Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq.
Ezekiel preached in Iraq.
The wise men were from Iraq. (where are the "wise" men today?)
Peter preached in Iraq.
The book of Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which was the old name for the nation of Iraq. Revelation 17; 18
No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated with it than Iraq.
Name of Iraq
The origin of the name Iraq (Arabic: العراق 'al-‘Irāq, Assyrian: ܥܪܐܩ, Kurdish: عێراق, Turkish: Irak) is disputed. There are several suggested origins for the name. One dates to the Sumerian city of Uruk (or Erech), meaning "between the rivers";[10] another maintains according to Professor Wilhelm Eilers, "The name al-‘Irāq, for all its Arabic appearance, is derived from Middle Persian erāq lowlands".[11] According to some, the escarpment (i.e. "el-'Iraq") at the south and east of the Jazira Plateau, which forms the northern and western edge of the "el-Iraq arabi" area, is the origin of the name.[12] In Turkish the word 'Irak' means 'far away'.[citation needed]
Under the Persian Sassanid dynasty, there was a region called "Erak Arabi," referring to the part of the south western region of the Persian Empire that is now part of southern Iraq. The name Al-Iraq was used by the Arabs themselves, from the 6th century, for the land Iraq covers.[citation needed] The term Iraq historically included the plain south of Hamrin Mountains and did not include the Kurdish-inhabited areas which after establishment of the country of Iraq were included as part of the republic.[13]
The Arabic pronunciation is [ʕiˈrɑːq]. In English, the name is pronounced as either [ɪ.ˈɹɑ(ː)k] (the only pronunciation listed in the Oxford English Dictionary and the first one in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary) or [ɪ.ˈɹæk] (listed first by MQD), the American Heritage Dictionary, and the Random House Dictionary.
Biblical and Modern History of Iraq
Iraq is the modern name for an area often referred to in the Bible. It lies along the southren Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Various names which refer to portions of the area are: Shinar (Gen. 10:10; 11:2 and 14:1 & 9);
Babal (Gen. 10:10 & 11:9) Erech, Accad and Calneh (Gen. 10:10); Assyria (Gen 10:11); Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen (Gen. 10:11); Ur of the Chaldeans (Gen. 11:31 and 15:7); Ellasar and Elam (Gen. 14:1 & 9) and Mesopotamia (Gen. 24:10 - although the place to which Abraham’s servant went is not part of Iraq the southern portion of Mesopotamia is). Later Assyria (2 Ki. 15:19ff; Babylon 17:24ff) and Chaldea (Job 1:17 and Jer. 50:10ff) were portions of what is now Iraq. The area played important roles in the histories of Israel and Judah.
It is interesting to note that the first usage of the word war in the Bible (Gen. 14:2) is connected with the kings of Shinar, Ellasar and Elam (places which are now part of Iraq) coming and defeating the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Zoar. Lot, Abraham’s nephew, was taken captive. Abraham (Abram) pursued and defeated the plundering army. Teturning from the battle, Melchizedek supplied Abram food and drink. Abram gave Melchizedek a tithe (Gen. 14:18 - 21).
Around 550 B.C. the Medes and Persians added the area to their empire (Dan. 5:31). Alexander the Great siezed the area in 331 B.C. When Alexander died, the area came under the rule of Selucus and was a part of the Selucid Kingdom until it became a part of the Roman Empire in 115 B.C.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Arab armies conquered the area about 637 A.D. (the term Arab originally referred to nomadic tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. It came to refer to those who speak the Arabic language and that became the language of Moslem culture. Today it refers to a group of nations which share a common political interest across the top to Africa and in western Asia.). Bagdad, which now is the capitol of Iraq, was the capitol of the Arab Empire from 750 to 1258 A.D.
Best of luck for your search
(رداً على المقاله التي نُــشرت في البريد الاكتروني بعنوان (معاني اســـــــماء بعض الدول) ونســــوا ذكر العراق( فهل يوجد تاريخ عريق في العالم مثلك يا بلدي حتى يُــنسى.....؟ )
منذ آلآف السنين قبل الميلاد وفي بداية التاريخ كانت المنطقه التي يقع فيها العراق مقسمه جغرافيا ًًالى ثلاثة مناطق : السهل الرسوبي في الجنوب والوسط ,والصحراء فـــــي الغرب ,والجبال في الشمال والشمال الشــــــرقي.
كان يسمى السهل الرسوبي ( والذي يشكل 20% من مساحة العراق)
في التوراة( شـــــينار) وهذه الكلمه الاكــــــديه مكونه من مقطعين( شـــينا)
وتعني اثنان ( نار) وتعني نهـــــر, وبذلك تعني ارض النهـــــرين...
( الأمبراطوريه الأكــــــــديه ( 2371-2230 ق.م) وأستمرت حوالي 150 عام وعاصمتها أكـــــــــد في وسط العراق الحالي ( منطقة اليوســــفيه) وتعتبر الأمبراطوريه الأكديه اول إمبراطوريه أ ُنشأت في تاريخ العالم القديم
ومؤسـسها ســــــرجون الأكـــــــدي.
اطلق المؤرخ اليوناني هيرودتـس وصطلح( بلاد بابل) أو بابيلونيا على القـــــــسم الجنوبي من السهل الرسوبي( وبابل في اللغه البابليه(باب- ايلو) وبالبابليه القديمه(باب- ايليم) وتعني باب الألهــــه)
واطلق بلاد آشـــــــور ( أســــــرّيا) على القسم الشمالي من السهل الرسوبي
وا َطلق لأول مره اســـم ( مــــيزوبوتامــــــــــيا) المؤرخ اليوناني بوليبوس
Polybus 202-120 ق.م )على الرغم من احتمال ظهور استعمال هذا المصطلح قبل هذا التاريخ في عهد الأســـــكندر( 331-323 ق.م) ومصطلح ( مــــيزوبوتامـــــيا)كما هو معروف كلمه اغريقيه مكونه من مقطعين الاول (ميزو) مشتقه من ( ميزوس)وتعني وسط ,اما ( بوتاميا) مشتقه من( بوتاموس) وتعني نــــــــهر, فاصبح المصطلح ميزوبوتاميا يعني بلاد ما بين النهرين.
قـَـــــسّم الســـــــلوقيون الذين حكموا العراق احفاد الاسكندر العراق الى ثلاثــــــة مناطق :
1 – بابلونيــــــــــــا في الجنوب والوسط
2 – ميزوبوتامــــــــــــيا في الشمال
3- بارابوتاميـــــــــــــــــا محاذاة نهر الفرات غرباً ودجــــــــله شرقاً
المقاله التي نُــشرت في البريد الاكتروني بعنوان (معاني اســـــــماء بعض الدول) ونســــوا ذكر العراق( فهل يوجد تاريخ عريق في العالم مثلك يا بلدي حتى يُــنسى.....؟ ) الموسوعة البريطانية تتجاهل العراق ...
1- In a message dated 3/21/2009 2:26:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
No mention of the word "Iraq
2- I agree. So, where did the name " Iraq" come from? Could it be another British invention?
3- Only if you are still interested and with links. More citations can be provided but there is a worldwide consensus on these conclusions.
However, and regardless of all the more you read about this land the more proud you become.
(Below are quotations from 2 sources in three different colours for ease of reference. The first and the third are from the same source).
Iraq In The Bible
by David L. Brown, Ph.D.
Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But, do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. Here's why:
Eden was in Iraq -- Genesis 2:10-14
Adam & Eve were created in Iraq. Genesis 2:7-8
Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq. Genesis 3:1-6
Noah built the ark in Iraq.
Nimrod established Babylon & the Tower of Babel was built in Iraq. Genesis 10:8-9; 11:1-4
The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq. Genesis 11:5-11
Abraham came from a city in Iraq. Genesis 11:31; Acts 7:2-4
Isaac's bride came from Iraq. Genesis 24:3-4,10
Jacob Spent 20 years in Iraq and met Rachel there. Genesis 27:42-45; 31:38
The first world Empire was in Iraq. Daniel 1:1-2; 2:36-38
The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq. Jonah 3
The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq.
The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq.
Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.
Assyria which is in Iraq conquered the ten tribes of Israel.
Amos cried out in Iraq!
Babylon which is in Iraq destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC
Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!
The 3 Hebrew children were in the furnace of fire in Iraq (Daniel)
Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq.
Ezekiel preached in Iraq.
The wise men were from Iraq. (where are the "wise" men today?)
Peter preached in Iraq.
The book of Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which was the old name for the nation of Iraq. Revelation 17; 18
No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated with it than Iraq.
Name of Iraq
The origin of the name Iraq (Arabic: العراق 'al-‘Irāq, Assyrian: ܥܪܐܩ, Kurdish: عێراق, Turkish: Irak) is disputed. There are several suggested origins for the name. One dates to the Sumerian city of Uruk (or Erech), meaning "between the rivers";[10] another maintains according to Professor Wilhelm Eilers, "The name al-‘Irāq, for all its Arabic appearance, is derived from Middle Persian erāq lowlands".[11] According to some, the escarpment (i.e. "el-'Iraq") at the south and east of the Jazira Plateau, which forms the northern and western edge of the "el-Iraq arabi" area, is the origin of the name.[12] In Turkish the word 'Irak' means 'far away'.[citation needed]
Under the Persian Sassanid dynasty, there was a region called "Erak Arabi," referring to the part of the south western region of the Persian Empire that is now part of southern Iraq. The name Al-Iraq was used by the Arabs themselves, from the 6th century, for the land Iraq covers.[citation needed] The term Iraq historically included the plain south of Hamrin Mountains and did not include the Kurdish-inhabited areas which after establishment of the country of Iraq were included as part of the republic.[13]
The Arabic pronunciation is [ʕiˈrɑːq]. In English, the name is pronounced as either [ɪ.ˈɹɑ(ː)k] (the only pronunciation listed in the Oxford English Dictionary and the first one in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary) or [ɪ.ˈɹæk] (listed first by MQD), the American Heritage Dictionary, and the Random House Dictionary.
Biblical and Modern History of Iraq
Iraq is the modern name for an area often referred to in the Bible. It lies along the southren Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Various names which refer to portions of the area are: Shinar (Gen. 10:10; 11:2 and 14:1 & 9);
Babal (Gen. 10:10 & 11:9) Erech, Accad and Calneh (Gen. 10:10); Assyria (Gen 10:11); Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen (Gen. 10:11); Ur of the Chaldeans (Gen. 11:31 and 15:7); Ellasar and Elam (Gen. 14:1 & 9) and Mesopotamia (Gen. 24:10 - although the place to which Abraham’s servant went is not part of Iraq the southern portion of Mesopotamia is). Later Assyria (2 Ki. 15:19ff; Babylon 17:24ff) and Chaldea (Job 1:17 and Jer. 50:10ff) were portions of what is now Iraq. The area played important roles in the histories of Israel and Judah.
It is interesting to note that the first usage of the word war in the Bible (Gen. 14:2) is connected with the kings of Shinar, Ellasar and Elam (places which are now part of Iraq) coming and defeating the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Zoar. Lot, Abraham’s nephew, was taken captive. Abraham (Abram) pursued and defeated the plundering army. Teturning from the battle, Melchizedek supplied Abram food and drink. Abram gave Melchizedek a tithe (Gen. 14:18 - 21).
Around 550 B.C. the Medes and Persians added the area to their empire (Dan. 5:31). Alexander the Great siezed the area in 331 B.C. When Alexander died, the area came under the rule of Selucus and was a part of the Selucid Kingdom until it became a part of the Roman Empire in 115 B.C.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Arab armies conquered the area about 637 A.D. (the term Arab originally referred to nomadic tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. It came to refer to those who speak the Arabic language and that became the language of Moslem culture. Today it refers to a group of nations which share a common political interest across the top to Africa and in western Asia.). Bagdad, which now is the capitol of Iraq, was the capitol of the Arab Empire from 750 to 1258 A.D.
Best of luck for your search
(رداً على المقاله التي نُــشرت في البريد الاكتروني بعنوان (معاني اســـــــماء بعض الدول) ونســــوا ذكر العراق( فهل يوجد تاريخ عريق في العالم مثلك يا بلدي حتى يُــنسى.....؟ )
منذ آلآف السنين قبل الميلاد وفي بداية التاريخ كانت المنطقه التي يقع فيها العراق مقسمه جغرافيا ًًالى ثلاثة مناطق : السهل الرسوبي في الجنوب والوسط ,والصحراء فـــــي الغرب ,والجبال في الشمال والشمال الشــــــرقي.
كان يسمى السهل الرسوبي ( والذي يشكل 20% من مساحة العراق)
في التوراة( شـــــينار) وهذه الكلمه الاكــــــديه مكونه من مقطعين( شـــينا)
وتعني اثنان ( نار) وتعني نهـــــر, وبذلك تعني ارض النهـــــرين...
( الأمبراطوريه الأكــــــــديه ( 2371-2230 ق.م) وأستمرت حوالي 150 عام وعاصمتها أكـــــــــد في وسط العراق الحالي ( منطقة اليوســــفيه) وتعتبر الأمبراطوريه الأكديه اول إمبراطوريه أ ُنشأت في تاريخ العالم القديم
ومؤسـسها ســــــرجون الأكـــــــدي.
اطلق المؤرخ اليوناني هيرودتـس وصطلح( بلاد بابل) أو بابيلونيا على القـــــــسم الجنوبي من السهل الرسوبي( وبابل في اللغه البابليه(باب- ايلو) وبالبابليه القديمه(باب- ايليم) وتعني باب الألهــــه)
واطلق بلاد آشـــــــور ( أســــــرّيا) على القسم الشمالي من السهل الرسوبي
وا َطلق لأول مره اســـم ( مــــيزوبوتامــــــــــيا) المؤرخ اليوناني بوليبوس
Polybus 202-120 ق.م )على الرغم من احتمال ظهور استعمال هذا المصطلح قبل هذا التاريخ في عهد الأســـــكندر( 331-323 ق.م) ومصطلح ( مــــيزوبوتامـــــيا)كما هو معروف كلمه اغريقيه مكونه من مقطعين الاول (ميزو) مشتقه من ( ميزوس)وتعني وسط ,اما ( بوتاميا) مشتقه من( بوتاموس) وتعني نــــــــهر, فاصبح المصطلح ميزوبوتاميا يعني بلاد ما بين النهرين.
قـَـــــسّم الســـــــلوقيون الذين حكموا العراق احفاد الاسكندر العراق الى ثلاثــــــة مناطق :
1 – بابلونيــــــــــــا في الجنوب والوسط
2 – ميزوبوتامــــــــــــيا في الشمال
3- بارابوتاميـــــــــــــــــا محاذاة نهر الفرات غرباً ودجــــــــله شرقاً