Ngubani igama lokwenyani leNtombi Enyulu? Uthetha ukuthini uMary?

Namhlanje kulula ukulibala ukuba konke abalinganiswa beBhayibhile banamagama ohlukileyo kunalawo banalo kulwimi lwethu. Yiba uJesu e Mariaeneneni, banamagama ngesiHebhere nangesiAramic anentsingiselo enzulu yokomoya.

Ngokubhekisele kwigama leNtombi Enyulu uMariya, ngokwe-Catholic Encyclopedia, “igama lakhe elibhalwe ngesiHebhere miryam o amawaka". Eli gama lisetyenziswa kwiTestamente eNdala ukubonisaNgudade boMoses kuphela.

Nangona kunjalo, kule minyaka idlulileyo eli gama liguqulelwe amatyeli aliqela njengoko iBhayibhile isasazeke kwiindawo zonke zehlabathi.

in ITestamente Entsha Igama leNtombikazi enguMariya lisoloko linguMariam. Mhlawumbi Abavangeli ndiyigcinile indlela yamandulo yegama lika Yehova Ntombikayise, ukuze ahlule kwabanye abafazi ababenegama elifanayo. IVulgate ikhankanya igama likaMariya, kwiTestamente eNdala nakwiNtsha; UJosephus (Ant. Jud., II, ix, 4) utshintsha igama abe ngu UMariamme.

Igama "Miriam", nangona kunjalo, lisondele kwisiHebhere sokuqala kunesiLatini nesiTaliyane "uMaria".

Ngapha koko, inkcazo yentsingiselo yegama inexabiso elikhulu lokomfuziselo. Ewe kunjalo, abanye abaphengululi beBhayibhile bawabonile amagama esiHebhere apho umtshato (krakra) e yam (ulwandle). Le ntsingiselo yokuqala inokubhekisa ekubandezelekeni kukaMariya ngenxa yedini loNyana kunye nentlungu awayekuyo.

Olunye utoliko lwegama mar "kukuwa kolwandle" e IJerome eSt wayiguqulela kwisiLatin njenge- “stilla maris”, eyathi kamva yatshintshwa yaba yi-stella (stella) maris. Oku kuchaza isihloko esithandwayo sikaMaria, okt iNkanyezi yoLwandle.

ISan Bonaventura wathabatha ezininzi zeentsingiselo kwaye wadibanisa uphawu lwazo, enika nganye intsingiselo yokomoya: UMaria uthetha ulwandle olukrakra, inkwenkwezi yolwandle, ukhanyiselwe okanye ukhanyisela. UMaria ukwanguLady. Ke ngoko, uMariya ulwandle olukrakra kwiidemon; emadodeni yiNkanyezi yolwandle; kwiingelosi ulikhanyisi kwaye kuzo zonke izidalwa uliLady ”.