Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

I thought Enosh just meant "man."  That's what BDB says, among other sources, 
and it
seems to be used that way fairly frequently.

On 21 Jan 2007 at 15:50, Isaac Fried wrote:

> 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´ ,  .
> 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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Dave Washburn
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