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[davidfentonism AT aim.com]

Quite interesting, Mr. Fried. It helps with the idea that Enosh was the 
opposite type of ish to the Adam (son of man). Thank you.
 
 David Fenton
 NYC
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 Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Son of man vs. Enosh
 
  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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