jeremiah
エレミヤ
解説 Definition
エレミヤは旧約聖書に登場するヘブライの預言者の名前であり、「エレミヤ書」の著者とされている。また、この名前はユダヤ教・キリスト教圏で伝統的に使われる男性の固有名詞でもある。
Jeremiah is the English name of a Hebrew prophet associated with warnings to Jerusalem and with the biblical Book of Jeremiah. It is also a traditional masculine given name in Jewish and Christian cultures.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
聖書の人名 Jeremiah「エレミヤ」として覚え、the Book of Jeremiah「エレミヤ書」、Jeremiah warned the people のような形で結び付ける。Jeremy は同じ名に由来する英語名で、jeremiad「長い嘆き・悲観的な訴え」も、警告と哀歌で知られる預言者エレミヤにちなむ。固有名詞なので通常は大文字で書く。
Remember Jeremiah first as the biblical prophet who warned Jerusalem and is traditionally associated with the Book of Jeremiah. The common expression “the weeping prophet” links his name with lament and sorrow. That association also explains jeremiad, a word for a long, mournful complaint or warning. Jeremy is a familiar English form of the same underlying name. Since Jeremiah is a personal name and the title of a biblical book, it normally begins with a capital letter. These links connect the spelling with a specific historical and literary context.
例文
Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem about the coming destruction.
エレミヤはエルサレムの人々に迫りくる滅亡について警告した。
The Book of Jeremiah is one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament.
エレミヤ書は旧約聖書の主要な預言書の一つである。
Jeremiah is often called the 'weeping prophet' because of his lamentations.
エレミヤはその哀歌ゆえに「泣く預言者」とも呼ばれる。
jeremiah の類義語・関連語
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jeremiah の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Jeremiah はヘブライ語 Yirmeyahu がギリシャ語 Ieremias、ラテン語 Jeremias を経て英語に入った聖書由来の名です。語尾 -yahu は神名 Yahweh を含み、おそらく「ヤハウェが高める」の意で、関連語は Jeremy、jeremiad です。
Jeremiah comes from Hebrew Yirmeyahu through Greek Ieremias and Latin Jeremias. The final element refers to Yahweh, while the name is commonly interpreted along the lines of “Yahweh exalts” or “Yahweh establishes,” though analyses of the first element vary. The biblical prophet made the form widely known in Jewish and Christian traditions. Jeremy is a later English form, and jeremiad derives from Jeremiah’s association with lamentation and grave warning.
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