Avada Kedavra Meaning

[Paula Gaon]

No: HPFGUIDX 84905

13Nov03 

 
From: Troels Forchhammer wrote:
 
...the Spell Encyclopedia of the Lexicon..includes the derivations and etymologies of every spell, including Avada Kedavra (which is Aramaic, by the way).

Do you know the meaning of the individual words of the killing curse? And/or the transliteration from Aramaic?... I've searched a few sites in an attempt to learn which part expresses the wish and which part expresses the destruction...
 
Paula now:
OK, but Aramaic is a  later form of the Hebrew language after the Babylonian Captivity, sixth century before the common era.  It became the "Esperanta" of the day in the Middle East.    "Avada" is from the root "to destroy".  "Kedavra" is "as a plague".  Sorry, but my knowledge of Aramaic grammar is not as strong as Hebrew, but I suspect that it works much the same.  That is, a verb in the future tense is used to express a wish.
 
~Paula "Griff" Gaon



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