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Jun 13, 2009, 02:06 PM
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There's a song, "They call the wind Mariah." Here's a bit more information I found about the name:
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Subject:Re: Moriah/MariahAuthor:dan sloan (guest, 220.73.165.142)Date:January 8, 2004 at 4:14:47 PMReply to:Moriah/Mariah by NolaHi, I "bumped into" your site doing some research on "Moriah". First of all, "Moriah", the name of the mountain (in the Bible) where Abraham offers up his son Isaac, means "God provides". Mori + yah ("yah" =God. Thus, the reasons some churches are called "Mt Moriah Church" is obvious....
It is likely that the female name Mariah is a combination of "Mary" + "God"..... = "God's Mary" or "Mary of God". The name Jeremiah, for example is Jeremy + yah... "Jeremy of God". There are SO MANY Biblical names that end in "iah"..
As to why the westerners "call the wind Moriah" .....? Why 'Tess' and 'Joe' for the rain and fire? Perhaps the wind demands as it takes away things when blowing tempestuously at times, and thus, though Mt. Moriah symbolizes God provides, it also symbolized "God demands" as he did to Abraham. Though Abraham's son was spared at the last moment, Job's sons (and daughters) were not..
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcv...2340&board=gen
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