(October 18, 2014 at 3:59 pm)professor Wrote: Jumping back in to the question of the OP, here is a goodie from the list of names sequentially from Genesis one,
making a sentence reading downward.
Adam- - -- - man
Seth - - --- appointed
Enosh- -- - mortal
Kenan - - - sorrow
Mahalaleh- the blessed God
Jared- - - - shall come down
Enoch- -- - teaching
Methuselah- his death shall bring
Lamech- - - the despairing
Noah- - --- rest / comfort
Please give me the odds of the above happening by accident written thousands of years BC.
First all Hebrew names mean something, and that something often includes god. So if you string a bunch of them together you are likely to get sentences about god.
Second, while "Man appointed mortal sorrow the blessed God shall come down teaching his death shall bring the desparing comfort," sounds like a prophecy of Jesus in pidgen English, using the actual meanings of the names blows the illusion out of the water:
Seth does not mean "appointed" it means "appointed one." Enosh means "human being." Kenan means "possession" or "smith." I don't know where you got sorrow. Mahalaleh means "praise of god," not "blessed god." Jared means "descent." Enoch means "dedicated" not "teaching." The meaning of Methuselah is unclear. The best guesses are:
"man of the dart" (or possibly "spear"), "he shall send his death" or "when he is dead it shall be sent." Lamech means "powerful" or "wild man." Noah means "comfort" or "rest".
So I get:
Appointed one human being possession praise of god descent dedicated when he is dead it shall be sent powerful comfort.
Or:
Appointed one human being smith praise of god descent dedicated man of the dart wild man rest.
Or:
Appointed one human being possession praise of god descent dedicated he shall send his death powerful rest.
Not very exciting sentences, just odd.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.