I didn't know our ××•×¨×™× ×•×ª×•×ž×™× have been found. But BDB, admittedly not as authoritative, does list the cognates in the Arabic, Aramaic, Palmyrene, etc. These are all consistent with Enosh meaning men, man, or mankind; and the Rambam in Hil. Avodas Kochavim 1:1-2 explains that Enosh in Gen. 4:26 was so named due to the idolatry that became rampant among **men** at this time.
Tory Thorpe
Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
The interpretation of the name ENOSH as ‘man’ comes from two
sources: first, from the plural ×× ×©×™× (ANASHIM) â €˜men’ of
×יש (ISH) ‘man’, and × ×©×™× (NASHIM), ‘women’ of ×שה
(ISHA) ‘woman’, and second from the root ×× ×© (ANASH) ‘to be
weak'. Thus, ENOSH of Isaiah 13:12 is not necessarily ENOSH of
Genesis 4:26, the same way that SHET of Genesis 4:26 is not the same
as SHET 'buttocks' of Isaiah 20:4. As far as BDB is concerned, it is
not our ××•×¨×™× ×•×ª×•×ž×™×.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
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