Now that you have a better idea of the meaning of « Ta Ra » and « Ra Ta », let's turn back to the TowRah. And more specifically to the symbolism of the SLiCed animal, embodied by BeTaR, the PaRT, or the PaRTy, and its metathesis BeRiyT, the covenant - or the party too. We've also already seen yowTaR, meaning « more ». From yowTaR comes the name YiTRo, Moses' father-in-law who was his protector, his yeTeR in the desert, as recorded in Exodus chapter 4, verse 18. But yeTeR is above all the surplus, the precious manna that should not be stored up, as I mentioned in my video on abundance and the Neolithic Revolution.

By the way, you'll recall that in that video, I told you that SaTuRN was probably an archaic trace of the ancient cultures of Europe before their (alleged) « great replacement » by the Indo-Europeans, 5000 years ago. Notice anything about the name Saturn, the deity of storage and the Neolithic Revolution? Sa, Ta and Ra once again our 3 buddies, our 3 primordial consonants ! But that's certainly as far-fetched as connecting Chronos and Zikron...

yeTeR and BeTaR are thus connected with the symbolism of PaRTing. But there's also waTaR, what remains and is abandoned, nowTaR, also what remains, the ReST. And last but not least, MuTaR, which is particularly important in Jewish tradition, as it means both what remains and what is permitted, allowed - auThoRiZed.

MuTaR is the idea that the DiSTRiBution, and even the edibility, of an animal's PaRTs is never « random ». There's always a logic involved. This explains why some PaRTs may be unfit for consumption, even coming from an animal that has been RiTuaLLy killed.

This connection between the sharing, distribution and edibility of an animal's CaRCaSS is not, of course, specifically Jewish; it is found in many cultures. In his classic book, « Wild Thought », Claude Lévi-STRauSS described the dietary prohibitions observed among the Bushmen of South Africa:

All game killed with a bow is forbidden SoXa until the chief has eaten a piece. The ban does not apply to liver, which hunters eat on the spot, but which always remains SoXa for women. In addition to these rules, there are permanent SoXa for specific functions or social categories. For instance, the hunter's wife may only eat the meat and superficial fat of the HiNDQuaRTeRs, eNTRaiLs and legs. These pieces are the portion reserved for women and children. Adolescent males are entitled to the abdominal wall, kidneys, genitals and udders, while the hunter is entitled to the shoulder and ribs, taken from one half of the animal. The chief's ShaRe is a thick SLiCe from each QuaRTeR and fillet, as well as a chop from each side.

We find therefore « Ta Ra » and « Ra Ta » both in words expressing a trace and in words related to PaRTing. In fact, of course, the basic meaning of « Ta Ra » or « Ra Ta » is to TRanCh or slice. It is found, for instance, in « ShoRT » or CouRT in French, which comes from CuRTus in Latin meaning cut or circumcised, and which has a perfect Hebraic counterpart in KaReT, which also means to slice. There's also a very important word in Latin : CoRTeX, the bark. It's very important, but not for the reasons you might think - we'll come back to this soon...

Through metathesis, we find the same consonants of KaReT and CuRTus in TRaNChe and TRuNCated, the TRuNK - that which is truncated. We also find them in the French TRuC (thing): a TRuC is the ultimate thing, since it can be cut, and is exchanged through BaRTeRing (TRoC in French) and TRaDing.

Speaking of exchange and TRaDe, we also have TaRe, a loss or diminution of value. Lastly, in law, we find the TeRM and the TeRMs of the ConTRaCT, from the Greek TéRMa, which delimits the time frame and concepts of the contract, or the « table des MaTièRes » (table of contents). MaTièRe, MaTTeR, is like flesh, it's what can be sliced.

By the way, do you remember ReoR, thought in Latin, that I mentioned a few minutes ago in my eRRaTum? It gives us RaTus: what is thought, regulated, RaTiFied and above all RaTio, meaning calculus, method, reason, a field, and which remained in French and English in... a proportion.