Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

I freely translate Genesis 4:26: “And a child was born also to SHET  
and he called him ENOSH, thus began the habit of calling (children)  
by the name of God.” From this I surmise that ENOSH=EIN+HU+ISH=EINO 
+ISH, ‘he is not man’ was one of the holy names, usurped by SHET  
and given to his son.
It appears to me that KMOSH, the god of MOAB (see I Kings 11:7) is  
the similar compound KMO+ISH, ‘like a man’ , כמו איש.
Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 21, 2007, at 1:07 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:

>  Can anyone shed light on the difference in translation relative to  
> Gen 4:26? It appears to say in the Hebrew that, 'Enosh began to  
> profane [the name of] Y--H Elohiym.' However, it is alternatively  
> read by Ibn Ezra and Sephorno (also seen in the LXX) as, 'Enosh  
> began to call upon the name of the LORD.'
>
>   Further, is it possible that "men" could actually sanctify the  
> Name (Kiddush Hashem) or profane the Name (Chillul Hashem) of the  
> Living G-d? Other than idolatry, how might "men" be said to do or  
> have done either of these with respect to the Tetragrammaton?
>
>  Thanks for your reply,
>
>  David Fenton
>  NYC
>
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