Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Actually, as you yourself pointed out recently, also there the bible  
struggle quit a bit with this name. Why? Because like me, the  
narrator of these momentous historical events feels that he needs to  
reconcile to himself, and to us, the curious fact that seemingly  
reasonable parents whimsically give to their nice Jewish boy son the  
apparently bizarre name He-will-laugh. He-will-be-a-doctor we could  
live with, but He-will-laugh?

Isaac Fried, Boston University


On Oct 11, 2011, at 1:49 PM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

> Abraham’s proper male heir, Isaac