Talk:Raphèl mai amècche zabì almi
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[edit]Wasn't it "Raphael, my friend, save my soul"?
I already think exactly that.
Old Hungarian?
[edit]László Szörényi states that the language of this sentence is Old Hungarian. In traditional Hungarian mythology, Nimrod (and his two sons, Hunor and Magor) is regarded as the ancestor of the Huns and Magyars (= Hungarians). A possible modern Hungarian reading is "Rabhely majd, amék [amelyik] szab itt állni": "rab" (captive) + "hely" (place) "majd" (temporal adverb meaning "sometime in the future") "amelyik" (which, relative pronoun) "szab" (here "specifies, dictates") "itt" (here) "állni" (infinitive: "to stand"). Note that the object "me" or "you" is omitted. Therefore, it is not completely clear whether Nimrod tells this sentence about himself or he scares Dante and Vergilius but the latter seems to be more probable because of the presence of the adverb "majd". This leads us to the interpretation "This is going to be a place for captives [= you] which forces you to stand here [= in the pit]." It is possible that Nimrod didn't recognize that Dante is alive. This interpretation is disputed, of course, but not impossible.
Dante could have been in contact with Carlo Martello d'Angiò and his court with Hungarian servants in it. Carlo Martello wanted to claim the Hungarian throne and his son was Charles Robert, later king of Hungary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.191.29.50 (talk) 09:05, 1 December 2016 (UTC)