Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Obama in Hebrew
The headline reads: "The Victory of Obama" and the line on top: "History in the USA: First Black Presidential Candidate"
His last name is spelled: Aleph-Vov-Bet-Aleph-Mem-Heh
His first name is like the Tanakh character Barak (Bet-Reish-Quf), which is interesting. I remember seeing a headline in 1991 which spelled a politician named David with Daled-Yud-Yud-Vov-Vov-Yud-Yud-Daled. That is, David was spelled phonetically in Hebrew instead of putting it as the Biblical David (Daled-Vov-Daled). So why with "Barack"?
pic from here, link from Sullivan.
Labels:
2008 Election,
Andrew Sullivan,
Citizen Barack Obama,
Israel
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