[PW] Baha'i term

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There is no Baha'i religious meaning to this term, nor does it originate with them. It is a Christian translation of a word in Psalm 42. 

 You can better see it's actual meaning in the Psalm, "Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks, so longeth my soul after thee." Waterbrooks is further simplified in English in the New International Version of the Bible  as "streams of water."

James Weaver <JWeaver at WCLS.org> wrote: One of our patrons called an interesting one into my co-workers this
morning.

She was reading from the Baha'i scriptures, particularly a psalm-like
praise-hymn, and encountered the term 'waterbrooks' for which she wants
the religious definition.

My co-workers used OED, Random House, and American Heritage
dictionaries, several different Christian wordbooks (only because we
have no other religions represented), and a couple of Bible concordances
(on the hunch that such a term might be generalized). One co-worker used
Google to identify many hymns with the term in them, but no definition.

I got the assignment to pass the query on.

Hope this helps! -- James
 
James E. Weaver, Reference Librarian
Whatcom County (WA) Library System
vox: 360-354-4883 -- fax: 360-354-3149
http://www.wcls.org/
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