Definitions
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- noun a simple
substitution cipher in which each occurrence of the first letter of thealphabet is substituted with the last, second with next to last, and so on
Etymologies
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This is about Jeremiah's use of a game called atbash
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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This is about Jeremiah's use of a game called atbash
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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So to illustrate using an English example, if I said "He's a real sty," applying the atbash to sty you would get "ham," giving the real thrust of the insult.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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Scholars have observed that Jeremiah actually uses atbash at several places in his text.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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Running lb qmy through the atbash key, you get ksdym, which is the Hebrew word for the Chaldeans, a synonym in Jeremiah's day for Babylonians.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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Applying the atbash key to ssk, the word becomes bbl, the Hebrew name for Babylon.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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Here the atbash cipher Sheshach is given in parallelism with Babylon, so the meaning cannot be missed.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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Scholars have observed that Jeremiah actually uses atbash at several places in his text.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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Running lb qmy through the atbash key, you get ksdym, which is the Hebrew word for the Chaldeans, a synonym in Jeremiah's day for Babylonians.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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The name of the game, atbash, comes from the first two letters on the left side of this chart.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Kevin Barney 2010
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