Bshuma
The second line reads:
لوفا و ارواها اد هیی (laufa u-ruaha ḏ-hiia;"Maylaufa(communion) and a renewal of Life ")
و شاوق هطایی (u-šabiq haṭaiia;"and forgiveness of sins" )
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InMandaeism,thebshuma(Classical Mandaic:ࡁࡔࡅࡌࡀ,romanized:b-šuma,lit. 'in the name [of]') is a religious formula that is often written at the beginnings of chapters inMandaean textsandprayers.[1][2]The Islamic equivalent is thebasmala.
The full form of thebshumais "In the name ofHayyi Rabbi"(Classical Mandaic:ࡁࡔࡅࡌࡀࡉࡄࡅࡍ ࡖࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡉࡀ,romanized:b-šumaihun ḏ-hiia rbia,lit. 'In the names of the Great Life';modern Mandaicpronunciation: /biʃˈmeihon əd-ˈheiji ˈrɑbbi/;Arabic:باسم الحي العظيم,bism al-Ḥayy al-ʿAẓīm).[3]
A simpler version isࡁࡔࡅࡌࡀ ࡖࡄࡉࡉࡀ(b-šuma ḏ-hiia;modern Mandaicpronunciation: /ˈbiʃmɑd-ˈheiji/), which literally translates to "In Life's name."[4]
Related formulas
[edit]At the ends of Mandaean prayers and texts, the following formulas are often recited to conclude the prayer or text.[4]
- "AndHayyiis victorious "(Classical Mandaic:ࡅࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡆࡀࡊࡉࡍ,romanized:u-hiia zakin)
- "And praise be to Hayyi" (Classical Mandaic:ࡅࡌࡔࡀࡁࡉࡍ ࡄࡉࡉࡀ,romanized:u-mšabin hiia)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN0-19-515385-5.OCLC65198443.
- ^Aldihisi, Sabah (2008).The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba(PhD). University College London.
- ^Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN9780958034630.
- ^abDrower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.
