On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Dick Fischer wrote:
> One of the things I found
> interesting is that the en- prefix means king or lord in both Sumerian and
> Akkadian and both of Adam's grandsons, Enoch, and Enosh are so named
> indicating they were kings in their respective cities.
>
Enoch and Enosh are apparently Hebrew words for dedicated and mortal,
respectively. Strong indicates that the names of Noah's ancestors are
mostly Hebrew words, but most of the names of his descendants mentioned in
Genesis 10 are of foreign derivation.
Gordon Brown (ASA member)
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