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Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17

From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:13:33 +0100

On 13/04/2007 06:08, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:

...
We know the one language (Beresheis 2:19) was Hebrew because Adam's very name derives from Hebrew (adamah); the 2 names he gave to Eve (Chava comes from chai/life) were Hebrew and only makes sense in Hebrew. He also called her isha (woman) because she was taken from the ish (man). (See Beresheis 2:23, 3:20 and Midrash Beresheis Rabbah 38).

No, actually these word plays work just as well in Arabic and probably other Semitic languages. So, even if there is any validity to this line of argument, the most it can be used to prove is that the original language was Semitic.

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Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17 , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Shoshanna Walker, 04/10/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Peter Kirk, 04/10/2007
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, davidfentonism, 04/11/2007
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Harold Holmyard, 04/11/2007
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, davidfentonism, 04/11/2007
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Harold Holmyard, 04/11/2007
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, davidfentonism, 04/13/2007
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Peter Kirk, 04/13/2007
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, davidfentonism, 04/13/2007
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Peter Kirk, 04/13/2007
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, davidfentonism, 04/13/2007
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Harold Holmyard, 04/13/2007
        Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, davidfentonism, 04/14/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Harold Holmyard, 04/10/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, davidfentonism, 04/11/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Shoshanna Walker, 04/10/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Harold Holmyard, 04/10/2007
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17, Peter Kirk, 04/11/2007