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God - etymology

I see the claims on etymology on this page is very inaccurate. God stems from Gudea, which in sumerian script implies two. Gud and Ea. Both are derivatives of what in arabic right-to-left reading is written as S. (Reading "Ya"). God being a derivative of Ea again. So a third derivative, and "watered down" concept. And using Ea in either sumerian or latin script is a misrepresentation. The correct latinized concept is Ein. (Which easily resounds being the only Deity, in latin script). Hopefully the global connected world is ready for this, its quite ahead of the article, but somebody might know how to insert it into there.

Also reading on this page is that EL in hebrew means "god". EL is a derivative of the arabic "Allah", which also is for arabic script, where the original (and correct) is. When using latin script, such as we are, one should use Ein. Which can be written in big or small letters, like latin script is.

Peace. 84.215.119.50 (talk) 13:19, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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+== God - etymology ==
+I see the claims on etymology on this page is very inaccurate.
+God stems from Gudea, which in sumerian script implies two. Gud and Ea. Both are derivatives of what in arabic right-to-left reading is written as S. (Reading "Ya"). God being a derivative of Ea again. So a third derivative, and "watered down" concept. And using Ea in either sumerian or latin script is a misrepresentation. The correct latinized concept is Ein. (Which easily resounds being the only Deity, in latin script). Hopefully the global connected world is ready for this, its quite ahead of the article, but somebody might know how to insert it into there.
+Also reading on this page is that EL in hebrew means "god". EL is a derivative of the arabic "Allah", which also is for arabic script, where the original (and correct) is. When using latin script, such as we are, one should use Ein. Which can be written in big or small letters, like latin script is.
+Peace. [[Special:Contributions/84.215.119.50|84.215.119.50]] ([[User talk:84.215.119.50|talk]]) 13:19, 3 July 2023 (UTC)