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Help[Facts] Re: is the word jubilation directly related to Jubal: who is mentioned in The Book of Genesis
in reply to a message by Peter Colon
Not really, though there is a link: As Caprice says, the ram's horn which was blown to signal the start of a jubilee year (every 50th year) was called a yobhel. The bible character said to have invented musical instruments is Jubal, which is close. But our words Jubilant and Jubilation and such actually come from Latin, not Hebrew; and the Latin and Hebrew languages are not related at all. However, people certainly noticed the similarity ... in Latin jubilare means to shout out loud with happiness.
My guess would be that whoever wrote that bit of Genesis (not sure off-hand which author it was) thought abut ram's horns and half-century celebrations, and decided that Jubal would be such a suitable name for the inventor of music that he put him into the story.
Interesting question, Peter.
My guess would be that whoever wrote that bit of Genesis (not sure off-hand which author it was) thought abut ram's horns and half-century celebrations, and decided that Jubal would be such a suitable name for the inventor of music that he put him into the story.
Interesting question, Peter.
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