ABRACADABRA
Hugh Fogelman
Christians
say that “abracadabra” is a prayer to the devil because it comes from, “abba
cadaver” ― Father of the dead.
Abracadabra does have a Hebrew or Aramaic origin, but it is not father
of the dead, as cadaver has a Latin not a Hebrew root, and the first word
is “abra” not abba.
Actually it is pure Aramaic, “A b'ra ki daber” which means “I create with words.”
Sorry Christiholics, there is “No prayer to the devil.”
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