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  • From: davidfentonism AT aim.com
  • To: if AT math.bu.edu
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Son of man vs. Enosh
  • Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:59:02 -0500

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
Fulfillment
CafeSoy.com

-----Original Message-----
From: if AT math.bu.edu
To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 3:50 PM
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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