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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Son of man vs. Enosh
  • Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:50:09 -0500

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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