adonalsium A Mind, a Soul,...a Body?

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

So, someone(s) figured out that Adonalsium is an anagram for "A mind, a soul." Someone may have already said this, but doesn't it make sense for it to be "a mind, a soul, a body"? Think about it. The three Realms. Mind = Cognitive, Soul = Spiritual, Body = Physical. Maybe the Body is the Godmetal? What would the word become if you add "a body" to Adonalsium? Or perhaps just make a second word that is an anagram for "a body." Or, it was just a coincidence and is about as notable as rain in a Highstorm.

[Frustration]

I don't think that was entirely intentional on Brandon's part as he was looking for something that aligned with the Hebrew word Adonai or Lord

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How do you make up names and words for your fantasy settings?

Brandon Sanderson

Mostly, I choose an earth culture (or two) to base my linguistic influences on. For instance, in the Mistborn books, I used French. It's obvious in words like Fellise, Renoux, Blanches, Delouse and Demoux. Less obvious is Kelsier, whose name would be pronounced in-world without the last R sound.

Questioner

Do you think you'll ever develop a language like Tolkien did?

Brandon Sanderson

Maybe. I did a lot of that in White Sand, which didn’t get published. I’ll do more for other books.

Questioner

Do you use Hebrew words?

Brandon Sanderson

The name Adonalsium is derived from a Hebrew name for God, Adonai and Aharietiam was derived from the Hebrew/Jewish term for the end of days acharit hayamim or אחרית הימים

Miscellaneous 2016 (June 1, 2016)

 

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

Just now, Frustration said:

I don't think that was entirely intentional on Brandon's part as he was looking for something that aligned with the Hebrew word Adonai or Lord

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Questioner

How do you make up names and words for your fantasy settings?

Brandon Sanderson

Mostly, I choose an earth culture (or two) to base my linguistic influences on. For instance, in the Mistborn books, I used French. It's obvious in words like Fellise, Renoux, Blanches, Delouse and Demoux. Less obvious is Kelsier, whose name would be pronounced in-world without the last R sound.

Questioner

Do you think you'll ever develop a language like Tolkien did?

Brandon Sanderson

Maybe. I did a lot of that in White Sand, which didn’t get published. I’ll do more for other books.

Questioner

Do you use Hebrew words?

Brandon Sanderson

The name Adonalsium is derived from a Hebrew name for God, Adonai and Aharietiam was derived from the Hebrew/Jewish term for the end of days acharit hayamim or אחרית הימים

Miscellaneous 2016 (June 1, 2016)

 

Yeah, I knew that part, but what about the extra "-lsium" (though the "ium" may not count)

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

17 minutes ago, Theory said:

Yeah, I knew that part, but what about the extra "-lsium" (though the "ium" may not count)

I was guessing the l (L) was just a similar but different for I (i) and the s doesn't matter.

[Nitpicking]

I'm going to pointlessly argue with Brandon in the WoB: Adonai is not a name of the One. It's the word "lord". Judaism by the era of the ruling priesthood (kohanim) made it a great sin to speak the Name of God, or even write it. It's the one that got into English, incorrectly, as Jehovah. 

In Jewish rituals, you see the Name written on a document, but the person conducting the ritual reads out Ha-Shem, literally the words "The Name", even though the Hebrew letters on the scroll are Yod He Vau He, which spell out The Name.