This explains the phrase 'raddled wh*re' in more detail than i'd ever have thought necessary...
Also, my word is the hebrew 'emeth', truth. This word was said to power golems. But if you removed the initial e, it became 'meth', which means death, and the golem would cease functioning. Emeth is something solid, something trustworthy, something you can rely upon. Pilate famously said to Jesus, "What is 'truth'?" The Roman word is veritas. In vino, veritas. Clearly Pilate drowned his sorrows in vino, without finding veritas. But then, he was married to Augustus's granddaughter. Poor sod must've been totally out of his depth.