David Leroy Goble
Deliverance
The Pᵉlêyṭâh Principle
עַל־צֹר קִינָה
qîynâh Tsôr ʿal “for Tyrus a lamentation”
A model for the ships of Tarshish to sail forth on the currents of Havilah, The Great Circle Oceanic Gyre, on a three-year round-trip voyage westward to the isles afar off.
About the Book
A Language That Crossed an Ocean
Hebrew words appear diffused throughout Native American place names and speech most densely in the Siouan, Lakota and Dakota tongues. Deliverance follows that thread back to the ships of Tarshish and a three-year westward voyage along the currents of Havilah.
About the Author
David Leroy Goble
My life as an author began after completing my translations of the narratives of the Oglala Lakota holy man, George Sword, while I was learning the Hebrew language. It was then that I made what I came to think of as the discovery of the persistent preposition: the Lakota word “el,” used repeatedly by Sword, also appeared as a common preposition in Hebrew dating back to the books of Moses.
That discovery led me to explore other connections between Lakota and Hebrew, and ultimately to investigate how such linguistic parallels might have developed across North America.
The Discovery
One Word, Two Worlds
Is linguistic diffusion of ancient Hebrew words westward across the great wide ocean to "the isles afar off" possible? Not only is it possible, but, from certain linguistic evidence, it is highly likely.
The most compelling evidence would seem to be the diffusion of the Hebrew word אֵל ʼêl, ale; H413. This primitive preposition is mostly used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ʼel, el. This word has many meanings in Hebrew, but six of the Hebrew meanings: to, at, on, in, into, and unto are also found in the language of the Lakota who speak one of the Siouan dialects.
This is the word that I have come to think of as "the persistent preposition" and is the word that, to me, proves this thesis of linguistic diffusion of the ancient Hebrew language to modern day usage by the Lakota people.
The Voyage
Havilah The Great Circle Oceanic Gyre
Tyre
Year 0 the fleet sails
The Canary Current
Year 1 carried south and west
The Isles Afar Off
Year 2 landfall and trade
Return on the Drift
Year 3 home on the northern gyre
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