(October 18, 2014 at 6:06 pm)professor Wrote: Here is what I get, looking up each word you disagreed with-
Seth- appointed / placed
Enoch- (verb) inaugurate/ train/ dedicate
Kennan- sorrow/ to chant a dirge/ dirge
Mahalalel- (I agree with your find)-praise of God and it does not change the meaning of the name sentence
Lamech- humilation/ for lowering
So the meaning of the sentence stands for me.
Most meanings came from this web site-
http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meani...lalel.html
I'm looking at your site. Ironically many of the means I quoted come from it:
Notice Enoch does mean dedicate and inaugurate. Train is a synonym for teach but it has a rather different connotation doesn't it?
Your own site renders Kennan as possession. http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meani...ELoumPwrdU Lamenter is given as an alternate meaning.
The same site says of Lamech:
Quote:Etymology and meaning of the name Lamechhttp://www.abarim-publications.com/Meani...ELpKGPwrdU
The word למך (lmk) does not occur in Hebrew, so we are left to guess at its meaning. BDB remains silent on he subject, but both Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and NOBSE Study Bible Name List suggest relations to a Semitic root that doesn't occur in the Biblical narrative but which also exists in Arabic, meaning strong and robust young man. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Powerful; NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Wild Man.
It adds:
Quote:To a creative audience, the name Lamech may also be seen as constructed of the particle ל (le), meaning to or towards . . . and the verb מוך (muk), be low, depressed. . The whole name would thus mean For Lowering; For Humiliation.So humiliation if we want to get creative. I think the whole process is creative rather than miraculous.
In other words, what you have here is a mare's nest. Choose the meaning you like out of the hat, and ta da, you can make sentences.
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.