More Hollywood Hebrew
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to a daughter, the father of whom is the also-not-too-shabby-looking Brad Pitt. And it seems like they may have followed in the footsteps of fellow Hollywood celebrities Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in giving her a Hebrew name!
“The night of May 27, 2006, in Namibia, Africa, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt welcomed their daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. No further information is being given,” Pitt’s publicist Cindy Guagenti said in a statement.
That’s right – the word “Shiloh” is Hebrew. Shiloh is the name of a biblical city, at which the ark of the covenant resided, and the name of a village adjacent to where the biblical city once stood (you can ask this blogger all about it). It commonly connotes “place of peace.” While I have never heard of anyone with this name, it is apparently also used as a Hebrew name (and a male one at that). Not only that, but Christians generally understand it as referring to their Messiah.
Is this another example of the Kabbalah craze gone wild? Or could it be that Angelina and Brad believe that their progeny is destined to contribute much more to humanity than her parents?
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
I vaguely remember meeting or knowing of someone named Shilo but I can’t remember exactly when that was!
I know a guy named Shiloah… with a scraggly beard.
actually, it reminded me of the movie about the dog…
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120118/
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