Siria (regione storica): differenze tra le versioni

''[[Baalshamin]]'' o '''''Ba'al Šamem''''' in [[lingua aramaica]] ܒܥܠ ܫܡܝܢ (Dio dei cieli),<ref>{{cite book|author=Teixidor, Javier|title=The Pagan God: Popular Religion in the Greco-Roman Near East|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m5Z9BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Baalshamin+%27Lord+of+Heaven(s)%27&source=bl&ots=uo9ziy0Nrs&sig=m9PaViEACGj66FcwosQ3f3-U2Ew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3iM3409bVAhXGVrwKHVLkCZkQ6AEIRjAH#v=onepage&q=Baalshamin%20'Lord%20of%20Heaven(s)'&f=false|accessdate=14 August 2017|year=2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9781400871391|pages=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Beattie, Andrew; Pepper, Timothy|title=The Rough Guide to Syria|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9iCfkTe8v2EC&pg=RA2-PA290&lpg=RA2-PA290&dq=Baalshamin+%27Lord+of+Heaven(s)%27&source=bl&ots=kMmFWY1H_y&sig=KavXolXRsbo39aZKmx_AF4LUIKo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3iM3409bVAhXGVrwKHVLkCZkQ6AEITDAJ#v=onepage&q=Baalshamin%20'Lord%20of%20Heaven(s)'&f=false|accessdate=14 August 2017|year=2001|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858287188|pages=290}}</ref> era un [[Antica religione semitica|dio dei cieli semitico]] in [[Cananea]]/[[Fenici|Fenicia]] e nell'antica città di [[Palmira]].<ref name="Dirven1999">{{cite book|author=Dirven, Lucinda|title=The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos: A Study of Religious Interaction in Roman Syria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LfXg2r6FT0C&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76|accessdate=17 July 2012|year=1999|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-11589-7|pages=76}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=J.F. Healey|title=The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hbO9CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=Baalshamin+sky+god&source=bl&ots=zZ6KmQB_Aw&sig=faozXNydKPoXttzvNxIukORJ5JQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCpf695NbVAhVHWbwKHbciCh4Q6AEIUDAG#v=onepage&q=Baalshamin%20sky%20god&f=false|accessdate=14 August 2017|year=2001|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004301481|pages=126}}</ref> Quindi, Sham significa (''paradiso'' o ''cielo''). Inoltre, in [[lingua ebraica]], ''sham'' (<span style="font-family:SBL Hebrew, Ezra SIL SR, Ezra SIL, Cardo, Chrysanthi Unicode, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Arial Unicode MS, Narkisim, Times New Roman"><big>שָׁמַ)</big></span> deriva dall'[[lingua accadica|accadico]] ''šamû'' che significa "cielo".<ref>{{cite book|author=Caplice, Richard I.; Snell, Daniel C.|title=Introduction to Akkadian|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E4QP2wKp-NIC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=samu+in+akkadian&source=bl&ots=RaluJjaHN9&sig=v-MN6uibQCRJtTcgOFVqQhqeO3k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwzezw89bVAhVBObwKHTYfCPAQ6AEIUjAJ#v=onepage&q=samu%20in%20akkadian&f=false|accessdate=14 August 2017|year=1988|publisher=Gregorian Biblical BookShop|isbn=9788876535666|pages=6}}</ref> Per esempio, il termine ebraico per indicare il sole ''[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8121.htm shemesh]'', era "shem/sham" da ''[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8064.htm shamayim] <ref>In ebraico, mayim (מַיִם) significa "acqua". Nella [[Storia della creazione in Genesi|Genesi 1:6]] [[Elohim]] separò le "acque dalle acque". L'area sopra la terra era piena di acqua del cielo (''[[Olam Haba|sham-mayim]]'') e la terra sottostante era coperta dall'acqua del mare ([http://biblehub.com/text/genesis/1-10.htm ''yam-mayim'']).</ref> (in accadico ''[https://glosbe.com/en/akk/sky šamû]'') che significa "cielo" e ''[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/784.htm esh]'' (in accadico ''[https://glosbe.com/en/akk/fire išātu]'') che significa "fuoco", cioè "fuoco del cielo".

 

 

Non esiste alcun collegamento con il nome di [[Sem (Bibbia)|Shem]] figlio di [[Noè]] (il cui nome in arabo è ''{{lang|ar|Latn|sām}}'' {{lang|ar|سَـام}} con una consonante iniziale diversa e senza alcuna consonante interna [[occlusiva glottidale sorda]]).