Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>]

genesis 29:32-33 confirm that the name given then, related often to the
circumstances of birth. .... "see-son" and "hear," respectively.

didn't american indians so name their sons and daughters?
our culture today names their children without rhyme or reason; but the
culture then, apparently differed in the naming of children, for a variety
of reasons.

regards,

fred burlingame
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

> Strange, strange, curios, curios.
>
> 1. Both ABRAHAM (Ge. 17:17) and SARAH (Gen. 18:12) performed the act of צחק
> inwardly, apparently without uttering a sound.
>
> 2. Then, in 18:13-15, there is this petty argument about the "laughing".
>
> 3. Then, in Gen. 21:3, it is stated that ABRAHAM called his son YICXAK, but
> with no reference to this previous incident of the "laughing", except that
> SARAH is saying now (21:6) that other people will laugh. The laugh of
> derision?
>
> 4. Did SARAH call him by a different name?
>
> 5. The bible goes out of its way to make it clear to us that צחק is not
> mere laughing, to wit: Gen. 21:9, Gen 26:8, Gen. 39:14 and Ex. 32:6.
>
> 6. I still can not imagine parents calling their son by the silly name of
> Willlaugh. I suspect you might encounter objections from the registrar upon
> trying
> to call a son Willsinganddance.
>
> 7. Conclusion: YICXAK is not what it seems to be. Namely, a Hebrew name is
> not a Hebrew word.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>  On Nov 27, 2010, at 7:14 PM, fred burlingame wrote:
>
>
> Hello Isaac:
>
> A mother naming her son יצחק sounds entirely reasonable in the context of
> this happening prior to pregnancy.
>
>  ויאמר יהוה אל אברהם למה זה צחקה שרה לאמר האף אמנם אלד ואני זקנתי
>
> genesis 18:13
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
>
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
>
>> 1. Consider my friend Yankaleh Xazanc'ic
>> 2. Do you really believe that a mother in her right mind would call her
>> son YICXAK, 'he will laugh'?
>>
>> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
>>
>> Who can believe that a Semitic name could be suffixed by the grammatical
>>> morphemes of another language?
>>> A.
>>>
>>
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