Sublime
: to cause to pass directly from the
solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
2[French sublimer, from Latin sublimare]
a(1): to elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor
(2): to render finer (as in purity or excellence)
b: to convert (something inferior) into something of higher worth
Merriam-webster dictionary
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sub-lime (s-blim)adj.
1. Characterized by nobility; majestic.
2. Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual
worth. Not to be excelled; supreme. 3. Inspiring awe; impressive. 4.
Archaic. Raised aloft; set high. 5. Obsolete. Of lofty appearance or bearing;
haughty: "not terrible,/That I should fear ... /But solemn
and sublime" (John Milton).n. 1. Something sublime. 2. An ultimate
example.v. sub-limed, sub-lim-ing, sub-limes.v. tr. 1. To render sublime. 2.
Chemistry. To cause to sublimate.v. intr. Chemistry. To sublimate.[French, from
Old French, sublimated, from Latin sublimis, uplifted.]--sub-lime'ly adv.
--sub-lime'ness or sub-lim'i-ty (s-blimi-te). n.
Excerpted
from American Heritage Talking Dictionary
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In
the beginning
*
God created
*
she heaven
*
and the earth.
*
When
in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands
which have connected them with another, and to assume among the
powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the
Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them,
a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind
requires
that they
should declare the causes which impel
them
to
the separation.
*
And it came to
pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth,
and daughters
were born unto them,
That the sons
of God saw the daughters of men that they
were fair;
and they took
them wives of all which they chose.
*
And they said one to another,
Go to,
let us make brick,
and
burn them
throughly.
*
First Book of
Chronicles
Adam, Sheth,
Enosh,
And unto Enoch
was born Irad:
and Irad begat
Mehujael:
and Mehujael begat
Methusael:
and Methusael
begat Lamech.
And Lamech took
unto him
two wives:
the name
of the one was Adah,
and the name
of the other Zillah.
Kenan,
Mahalaleel, Jered,
Henoch, Methuselah,
Lamech,
Noah, Shem,
Ham,
and Japheth.
The sons of Japheth;
Gomer,
and Magog,
and Madai,
and Javan,
and Tubal,
and Meshech,
and Tiras.
And the sons of
Gomer;
Ashchenaz,
and Riphath,
and Togarmah.
And the sons of
Javan;
Elishah,
and Tarshish,
Kittim,
and Dodanim.
The sons of
Ham;
Cush,
and Mizraim,
Put,
and Canaan.
And the sons of Cush;
Seba,
and Havilah,
and Sabta,
and Raamah,
and Sabtecha.
And the sons
of Raamah;
Sheba,
and Dedan.
And Cush begat Nimrod:
he
began to
be
mighty upon
the earth.
*
We
hold these
truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal,
that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these
are life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
*
Enosh,
then began
men
to
call upon
the name
of
the Lord.
****
HAMMURABI'S
INTRODUCTION
TO
HIS
CODE
OF LAWS
When
Anu
sublime,
the
King
of the Annunaki
and
Bêl,
the
lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
who
fixed
the
destiny
of
the
country,
had
committed
the
whole
of
mankind
to Marduk,
*****
the
sun
of
Babylon,
who
causes the light to radiate over the country Sumer and Akkad;
King
whom
the four regions of the world obey;
the
favorite
of the god the favorite
of
the
god
Nini,
am
I.
When
Marduk sent me to rule
mankind,
to
impart judicial protection to the country,
it
was
that
I
might
establish right,
justice
and
happiness
among
the people.
**
And
a river went out
of
Eden
to
water
the garden;
and
from thence
it
was
parted,
and
became
into
four
heads.
The
name
of
the
first
is
Pison:
that
is it
which
compasseth
the
whole
land
of
Havilah,
*
And
the sons
of
Cush;
Seba,
and
Havilah,
***
where
there
is gold;
**
The scholarly community
is divided as to where the location of Eden was. The following answer presents
one (their) viewpoint:)
Eden
– Here is the description of Eden that appears in Genesis 2:10-14, “And a river
went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and
became four streams. The
name of the first is Pison, which goes round about all the land of Havilah
where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the
onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes
round all the land of Ethopia. And
the name of the third river is Hiddekel, which goes to the east of
Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.”
The geography seems clear when some
translation issues are addressed. The
Hiddekel (Tigris) and the Euphrates place the garden securely in
Mesopotamia. Now for the translation
issue – “Ethiopia” makes us think of the country on the horn of Africa south of
Sudan. It is important to recognize that “Ethiopia” is translated from the
Hebrew word “Cush.” At the time following the flood of Noah from
which the Genesis account comes, we find that one of the sons of Ham was
Cush. In turn, one of Cush’s sons was
Havilah (Genesis 10:7), the same Havilah mentioned in Genesis 2 respecting
Eden. Both Cush and Havilah continued to
dwell in Mesopotamia—some of the people of Cush later moved to what we
today call Ethiopia.
Certainly, the most infamous of Cush’s sons was Nimrod (Genesis 10:8)
who was the mastermind behind the Tower of Babel.
The
tower is in Babylon, and once again easily positioned in Mesopotamia.
Wikipedia
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The
name of the first is Pison, which goes round about all the land of Havilah
where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and
the onyx
stone.
And
the name of the second river is Gihon:
this
river goes round all the land of Ethopia.
And
the name
of
the
second
river is
Gihon:
the
same
is
it that
compasseth
the
whole land of Ethiopia.
**
The
king also
said
unto
them,
Take
with you
the
servants
of
your
lord,
**
And
the fourth river is Euphrates.”
The
geography seems clear when some translation issues are addressed.
The
Hiddekel
(Tigris) and the Euphrates place the garden securely in Mesopotamia. Now for the translation issue – “Ethiopia”
makes us think of the country on the horn of Africa south of Sudan. It
is important to recognize that “Ethiopia” is translated from the Hebrew word
“Cush.”
and
cause Solomon my son
to
ride upon mine own mule,
and
bring him
down
to
Gihon:
for
he
shall
be
king
in
my
stead:
**
For God,
said she,
hath appointed me another seed instead
of Abel,
**
and
I
have
appointed
him
to
be
ruler
over Israel
and
over Judah.
**
Yea,
in
the way
of
thy judgments,
O Lord,
have
we waited
for
thee;
the
desire
of
our
soul
is
to
thy
name,
and
to the
remembrance
of
thee.
With
my soul
have
I
desired thee
in
the
night;
yea,
with
my
spirit
within me
will
I
seek
thee early:
for
when thy
judgments
are
in the earth,
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
will
learn
righteousness.
**
And king Solomon
gave unto
the
queen of Sheba
all her desire,
whatsoever
she
asked,
beside that which
Solomon gave
her
of
his
royal
bounty.
So
she
turned
and went to
her
own country,
she
and her
servants.
*
And
the name
of
the
third
river
is
Hiddekel:
that
is it
which
goeth
toward
the east
of
Assyria.
**
And
in the
four and
twentieth day
of
the first month,
as
I
was
by the side of the great river,
which
is Hiddekel;
Then
I
lifted
up
mine eyes,
. . .
*******
Now the Lord
had said unto
Abram,
Get thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred,
and from thy father's house,
unto a land that
I
will shew
thee:
*****
on thy belly
shalt thou go,
and dust shalt thou eat all the days
of
thy life:
*
and look
And the Lord
God
said unto the serpent,
Because
thou
hast done this,
thou art
cursed
above all cattle,
and above every
beast of the field; up
*
And Abel, . . .
*
from
the place
where
thou
art
northward,
and southward,
and eastward,
and westward:
all the
rams
which
leap
upon
the
cattle are
the cattle are
ringstraked,
speckled,
and grisled:
**
he also
brought
of the
firstlings
of his flock
and of the
fat thereof.
And the Lord had
respect unto Abel
and to his
offering:
**
And Jacob
sent
and called Rachel
and Leah
to
the
field
unto his flock,
And it came
to pass at
the time
that the
cattle conceived,
that
I
lifted up
mine eyes,
and saw in a dream,
and,
behold,
the rams which
leaped
upon
the cattle
were ringstraked,
speckled,
and grisled.
And the angel
of
God
spake unto
me
in a dream,
saying,
*
And the Lord
said unto
Abram,
after
that Lot
was separated
from
him,
Lift up
now
*
when Hagar bare
Ishmael to Abram
thine eyes,
*
Jacob:
And I said,
Here
am I.
And he said,
Lift up now
thine
eyes,
and see,
for
I
have seen all
that
Laban
doeth unto thee.
*****
After this opened
Job his
mouth,
and cursed
his day.
My flesh is clothed with worms
and clods of dust;
my skin is broken,
and become loathsome.
**
.
. . and looked,
and
behold
a
certain
man
clothed
in linen,
*
Silver
spread into plates
is
brought from
Tarshish,
*****
The sons of Japheth; . . .
. . . And the sons of Javan;
Elishah,
and Tarshish,
**
and gold from Uphaz,
the work
of
the workman,
and
of
the hands
of
the founder:
blue and purple
is
their
clothing:
they
are all
the work
of
cunning men.
*
whose
loins were girded
with
fine gold
of
Uphaz:
His
body also
was
like
the
beryl,
***
God
understandeth
the
way thereof,
and
he
knoweth
the
place thereof.
For he
looketh
to
the
ends
of the earth,
and
seeth
under
the
whole
heaven;
To
make the
weight
***
And
it came to pass,
as
the camels had done drinking,
that
the man
took
a
golden earring
of
half
a shekel
weight,
and
two
for
her
hands
ten
shekels weight of gold;
**
And
I
will
do in thee
that
which
I
have
not done,
and
whereunto
I
will
not do any more the like,
because
of
all
thine
abominations.
Therefore
the
fathers
shall
eat
the
sons
in
the
midst
of thee,
and
the sons shall eat their fathers;
and
I
will
execute judgments in thee,
and
the whole remnant
of
thee will
I
scatter
into all the winds.
**
of
ten
shekels
weight of gold;
for
the winds;
and
he
weigheth
the
waters
by
measure.
When
he
made a decree
for
the
rain,
and
a way
for
the
lightning
of
the
thunder:
Then
did
he
see it,
and
declare it;
he
prepared
it,
yea,
and
searched
it
out.
**
and
his face
as
the
appearance
of lightning,
and
his
eyes
as lamps
of
fire,
and
his
arms
and
his feet
like
in
colour
to
polished
brass,
and
the voice
of
his
words
like
the
voice
of a multitude.
And
I
Daniel
alone saw the vision:
for the
men
that
were
with
me
saw
not
the vision;
but
a great quaking
fell
upon them,
so
that
they fled
to
hide
themselves.
Therefore
I
was
left alone,
and
saw this great vision,
and
there remained no strength
in me:
for my
comeliness
was
turned
in
me
into
corruption,
and
I
retained
no strength.
Yet
heard
I
the
voice of his words:
and
when
I
heard
the
voice
of
his
words,
then
was
I
in
a
deep
sleep
on
my face,
and
my face
toward the ground.
*****
But
thou,
son
of man,
hear
what
I
say
unto thee;
***
And Abram
was
fourscore
and six years old,
when Hagar
bare
Ishmael to Abram.
And
I
will make my covenant
between me
and thee,
and will multiply
thee
exceedingly.
*
Be
not
thou
rebellious
like
that
rebellious
house:
open
thy
mouth,
and
eat
that
I
give
thee.
****
Arise,
lift
up the lad,
and
hold him in thine hand;
for
I
will
make him a great nation.
**
And
when
I
looked,
behold,
an
hand was sent unto
me;
and,
lo,
a
roll
of
a
book
was therein;
And
he
spread it before me;
and
it
was
written within
and
without:
and
there was written therein lamentations,
and
mourning,
and
woe.
Moreover
he said unto me,
Son
of man,
eat
that thou findest;
eat
this roll,
and
go
speak
unto
the
house
of Israel.
**
And,
behold,
an
hand
touched
me,
**
I
am
gone
like
the
shadow
when
it
declineth:
I am
tossed
up
and
down as the locust.
My
knees
are weak through fasting;
and
my flesh
faileth
of
fatness.
I
became
also
a
reproach
unto them:
when
they looked upon
me
they
shaked their heads.
Help
me,
O Lord my
God:
O
save me
according
to
thy mercy:
**
which
set me upon
my
knees
and
upon the palms
of
my
hands.
And
he
said
unto me,
O
Daniel,
a
man
greatly beloved,
understand
the words
that
I
speak
unto thee,
and
stand upright:
for
unto
thee
am I
now
sent.
And
when he
had spoken
this
word
unto
me,
I
stood
trembling.
Then
said he unto me,
Fear
not,
Daniel:
for from
the
first
day
that
thou
didst set thine heart
to
understand,
and
to chasten
thyself
before
thy God,
thy
words were heard,
and
I
am
come
for thy words.
But
the prince
of
the
kingdom
of
Persia
withstood
me
one
and
twenty days:
but,
lo,
Michael,
one
of
the
chief
princes,
came
to help me;
and
I
remained
there
with
the
kings
of Persia.
Now
I
am
come
to make thee
understand
what
shall befall
thy
people
in
the
latter
days:
for
yet the
vision
is
for
many
days.
And
when he
had spoken such words unto me,
I
set
my
face toward
the
ground,
and
I
became
dumb.
And,
behold,
one
like
the similitude
of
the
sons
of
men
touched my lips:
ISamuelYeaO
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