Duchess of Dorchester, Revisited

Jeremias 7 and 44 and the Duchess of Dorchester · Duchess of Dorchester, Revisited

Let's take a look at Jeremias 7.

18 hab·bā·nîm mə·laq·qə·ṭîm ‘ê·ṣîm, wə·hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ mə·ḇa·‘ă·rîm ’eṯ- hā·’êš, wə·han·nā·šîm lā·šō·wṯ bā·ṣêq; la·‘ă·śō·wṯ kaw·wā·nîm lim·le·ḵeṯ haš·šā·ma·yim, wə·has·sêḵ nə·sā·ḵîm lê·lō·hîm ’ă·ḥê·rîm, lə·ma·‘an haḵ·‘i·sê·nî.
18 the sons gather wood and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead dough to make cakes for queen of the heaven and [they] pour out drink offerings to gods other that they may provoke Me to anger

Now, let's look at Jeremias 13.

18 ’ĕ·mōr lam·me·leḵ wə·lag·gə·ḇî·rāh haš·pî·lū šê·ḇū; kî yā·raḏ mar·’ă·šō·w·ṯê·ḵem, ‘ă·ṭe·reṯ tip̄·’ar·tə·ḵem.
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother Humble yourselves Sit down for shall collapse your rule the crown of your glory

Let's look at the words used for queen.

lim·le·ḵeṯ = 4446. meleketh		wə·lag·gə·ḇî·rāh = 1377. gebirah
meleketh: Work, craftsmanship, occupation		gebirah: Queen, Mistress, Lady
Original Word: מְלֶכֶת Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: meleketh Pronunciation: meh-leh-keth Phonetic Spelling: (mel-eh'-keth) Definition: Work, craftsmanship, occupation Meaning: a queen		Original Word: גְּבִירָה Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: gebirah Pronunciation: gheh-bee-RAH Phonetic Spelling: (gheb-ee-raw') Definition: Queen, Mistress, Lady Meaning: a mistress
Word Origin: Derived from the root word מְלָאכָה (melakah), which means "work" or "occupation."		Word Origin: Derived from the root גָּבַר (gabar), meaning "to be strong" or "to prevail."

As any Catholic Scholar knowing Hebrew would tell you, Mary is not the "meleketh" of Heaven, but the "gebirah" of Heaven.

Joe Heschmeyer is right now telling us so over here:

What the Davidic Kings Reveal About Mary
Shameless Popery Podcast | 12.XI.2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMRx9pasdPQ

So, my analogy is actually imperfect. Imagine instead that the fake "Duchess of Dorchester" (a drag queen) was an insult to the "Princess of Dorchester" (actual title foreseen by the King).

Since Heaven involves rest, its Queen being called anything like "work" is degrading to Heaven. But its Queen-Mother being called sth like "strength" or "prevailing" actually is worthy of the Blessed Virgin, since by sinlessness She was made to prevail against Satan and was completely victorious over him, as I've often said in commenting on "Blessed Among Women" ....

Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
Pope St. Martin I
12.XI.2024

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