Questions tagged [hebrew]
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Significance of Enoch's age in the Hebrew Bible and identification with seventh antediluvian king/sage from Mesopotamian mythology
In the Hebrew Bible, Genesis 5:23 records Enoch's age as 365 years. As far as I can tell based on my review of the BHS and Göttingen LXX apparatus, there are no alternate readings of this number as 354 nor as 364 years.1
Several scholars have noted…
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What are the 365 virtues?
I was researching and I came across Abraxas, a daemon(inferior god), an archon, an aeon, the "Supreme" god, an angel...
He has a place in many mythologies, and the number 365 keeps coming up. 365 heavens, spheres, numbers, archons, skies, powers of…
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Are there any other deities whose name is a declension of the verb "to be"?
Are there other examples of deity names in various traditions that are etymologically cognate with the concept of existence or the verb "to be," similar to the way the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) in Hebrew is linked to the root meaning "is/was/will be/to…
Reb Chaim HaQoton
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What's the difference between a giant and the "nephilim"?
This picture above is a giant.
What exactly is the difference between a "giant" and the Hebrew "nephilim"?
Angie Dzeastera
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Airs composed by priest in Hebrew perhaps?
I am solving crossword and one of the clues says,
Airs composed by priest in Hebrew perhaps
The answer to which is Israeli, as found on the Internet.
Could someone please explain it to me, what does “Airs” mean in this context and why is the…
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