This is the discussion on enosh אנוש that was removed from the discussion on Blue last time. You will also see after this entry and the one on Silver, how that connection will fit in.
From blog 80. Blue:••• a repeat, the last step that led into enosh אנוש
① being petty
Isaiah 28:9-10
9 “Whom will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those (just) weaned from milk?
Those (just) drawn from the breasts?
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little (h2191. זְעֵיר ze‘êr), there a little (h2191. זְעֵיר ze‘êr).”
② few in number
Isaiah 24:4-6
4 The earth mourns (and) fades away,
The world languishes (and) fades away;
The haughty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,
And few (h4213. מִזְעָר miz‘âr) men (h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš) (are) left.
▸ h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš; from h0605. אָנַשׁ ’ânaš
See אנש below – very, very enlightening – read here as self-centered, degenerate, prideful and weak – few are left. •••
אנש from the above section in Blue
Very interesting – King Saul h7586 occurs with אנוש h0582 24 times. King David with אנושh0582 56 times. Are these the “self-aggrandizement” ones? We saw that with garments on the steps (2K9:11-13 re: Jehu, and search “aggrandizement” in note Ark – look more at נצב)••• And very interesting••• see below this screenshot
Self-centered people, the heads of the tribes in Nm13:3 – see as pride and weak – the spies who failed, and Saul.
A light dawns•••
And both איש “man” and אשה “woman” are said in Strongs to be derived from this root:
▸ h0376. אִישׁ ’îyš; contracted for h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
▸ h0802. אִשָּׁה ’išâ; feminine of h0376. אִישׁ ’îyš or h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš
▸ h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš; from h0605. אָנַשׁ ’ânaš
- Unknown whether אוש and אשה are really derived from אנוש – first occurrence of אנושis in Deuteronomy, not in the first four books of Torah, though it does appear in Job, supposedly the first book written•••
We have seen before roots in EDBH איש and אשה•••
Self-aggrandizement – see 2K9:13
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(See גרם and כרם in the recent note Lamed ל – a note not yet published in Log andSpeck, but is anticipated.)
① being ill – see discussions at ● below
Genesis 4:26 NKJV
26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh (h0583. אֱנוֹשׁ’enôš). Then (men) began to call on the name of the LORD.
② being mortal
Psalms 103:15-17
15 As for man (h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš), his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
And its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
③ suffering
Jeremiah 17:7-10
7 “Blessed (is) the man (h1397. גֶּבֶר g̱eḇer) who trusts in the LORD,
And whose hope is the LORD.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The heart (is) deceitful above all (things),
And desperately wicked (h0605. אָנַשׁ ’ânaš);
Who can know it?
10 I, the LORD, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man (h0376. אִישׁ ’îyš) according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
④ being fatal
Micah 1:8-9
8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
I will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches,
9 For her wounds (are) incurable (h0605. אָנַשׁ ’ânaš).
For it has come to Judah;
It has come to the gate of My people—
To Jerusalem.
⑤ self-centered people
Numbers 13:1-3 – (NKJV Spies Sent into Canaan)
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader (h5387. נָשִׂיא nâśîy’) among them.”
3 So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the LORD, all of them men (h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš), (who were) heads of the children of Israel.
H5387. נָשִׂיא nāśiy’: A noun meaning something that is lifted up, a prince, a mist. The Hebrew word is formed from the verb nāśā’ (H5375), meaning to lift. It refers to a leader of the people (Gen. 23:6; Ex. 16:22; 22:28[27]). Although rare, it can refer to the king (1 Kgs. 11:34); or to a non-Israelite leader (Gen. 34:2; Num. 25:18; Josh. 13:21). Some scholars have proposed that the term refers to elected officials, contending that these were common people who were elevated or lifted up. They often buttress their argument with Numbers 1:16, which talks of these leaders as the ones called, chosen, or appointed from the congregation. In a few instances, this word also indicates mist or vapors that rise from the earth to form clouds and herald the coming of rain (Ps. 135:7; Prov. 25:14; Jer. 10:13; 51:16).
Concordance
H5387. I. נָשִׂיא nāśiy’ masc. noun
(chief, ruler, prince)
Gen. 17:20; 23:6; 25:16; 34:2; Ex. 16:22; 22:28(27); 34:31; 35:27; Lev. 4:22; Num. 1:16,44; 2:3,5,7,10,12,14,18,20,22,25,27,29; 3:24,30,32,35; 4:34,46; 7:2,3,10,11,18,24,30,36,42,48,54,60,66,72,78,84; 10:4; 13:2; 16:2; 17:2(17),6(21); 25:14,18; 27:2; 31:13; 32:2; 34:18,22-28; 36:1; Josh. 9:15,18,19,21; 13:21; 17:4; 22:14,30,32; 1 Kgs. 8:1; 11:34; 1 Chr. 2:10; 4:38; 5:6; 7:40; 2 Chr. 1:2; 5:2; Ezra 1:8; Ezek. 7:27; 12:10,12; 19:1; 21:12(17),25(30); 22:6; 26:16; 27:21; 30:13; 32:29; 34:24; 37:25; 38:2,3; 39:1,18; 44:3; 45:7-9,16,17,22; 46:2,4,8,10,12,16-18; 48:21,22.
II. נָשִׂיא nāśiy’ masc. noun
(vapor, mist, cloud)
Ps. 135:7; Prov. 25:14; Jer. 10:13; 51:16.
Machiavelli
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
⑥ troubled state of mankind
Genesis 4:25-26
25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” 26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh (h0583. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš), then began to call on the name of the LORD.
▸ ● There is controversy about this verse, which has to do with the interpretation of the word here translated as “began,” and relates to Jewish belief about not saying the name of יהוה. Below you see the BDB interpretation first, and the EDBH entry. You will note that the word without prefixes is חל. If חל takes into consideration all of the GVs (there are no DVs), “begin” is in the mix. The question to ponder is how “begin” and “profane; act against” are related. And even more profound, look at the cognate meanings. In some ways they seem to be opposite thoughts••• there is further discussion below
הוּחַ֔ל
חלל BDB
GLOSS niphal: be defiled; piel: profane; defile; pual: be profaned; hiphil: begin; hophal: be begun
PARSING Hebrew, verb, hophal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
⑦ degenerate man
Psalms 8:3-5
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 What is man (h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš) that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man (h0120. אָדָם ’âḏâm) that You visit him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
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Leviticus 26:25 – see discussion at ● below
25 And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant;
when you are gathered together (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) within your cities I will send pestilence among you;
and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Leviticus 26:25
25 וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם חֶ֗רֶב נֹקֶ֨מֶת֙ נְקַם־בְּרִ֔ית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי דֶ֨בֶר֙ בְּתֹ֣וכְכֶ֔ם וְנִתַּתֶּ֖םבְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב׃
BDB אסף
GLOSS qal: gather; remove; niphal: be gathered; piel: glean; pual: be gathered; hithpael: gather oneself
PARSING Hebrew, verb, niphal, consecutive perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
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Psalms 90:1-4
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You turn man (h0582. אֱנוֹשׁ ’enôš) to destruction,
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
● throwing in to the equation of “illness” and “degenerate man,” the addition of נסאף sheds light.
Leviticus 26:25 – see discussion at ● below
25 And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant;
when you are gathered together (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) within your cities I will send pestilence among you;
and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Leviticus 26:25
25 וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם חֶ֗רֶב נֹקֶ֨מֶת֙ נְקַם־בְּרִ֔ית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי דֶ֨בֶר֙ בְּתֹ֣וכְכֶ֔ם וְנִתַּתֶּ֖םבְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב׃
Here, I will begin with personal experience, but will also get into the Hebrew. Now, in my eighth decade of life, I have seen many examples of people gathering together, bringing out the worst in them. It seems especially true that it is “the mouth” that gets people worked up. One expressed idea grows into a multitude. It might be a mixed multitude with otherwise righteous people included, but the “gathering,” the “multitude” takes on a life of its own. It seems to occur in all ages, all sexes, all ethnicities; in other words, a trait of gatherings. You have likely seen it, as well.
Not certain, obviously, that this is the mindset of EDBH, but here is what I have seen in this discussion.
Leviticus 26:25
25 וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם חֶ֗רֶב נֹקֶ֨מֶת֙ נְקַם־בְּרִ֔ית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי דֶ֨בֶר֙ בְּתֹ֣וכְכֶ֔ם וְנִתַּתֶּ֖םבְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב׃
BDB All Results: אסף וְ
וְ
GLOSS and; also; but; so; then
אסף
GLOSS qal: gather; remove; niphal: be gathered; piel: glean; pual: be gathered; hithpael: gather oneself
PARSING Hebrew, verb, niphal, consecutive perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- I could give you more scholarly references, but here the English is more understandable.
Niphal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niphal retrieved 122920201
Niphal is the name given to one of the seven major verb stems called בִּנְיָנִים (/binjaˈnim/ binyanim, “constructions”) in biblical Hebrew.[1] The designation Niphal comes from the form niph‘al for the verb pa‘al, “to do”. The nun (נ) prefix is characteristic of the perfect conjugation, as well as of the participle. In the imperfect conjugation, the nun is (where possible) assimilated into the first root consonant and appears as a dagesh forte. In the imperative and infinitive construct, the prefix is a he (ה) instead of a nun. The infinitive absolute may be prefixed by either the nun or the he.
The Niphal stem usually denotes the incomplete passive or the reflexive voice. However, some verbs, such as nacham (meaning “to repent” in the Niphal), may be better translated with the active voice.
References
- ^ “Modern Hebrew verb conjugation”. Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
When I search for אסף in this form, this is the only occurrence:
- Interesting here, the second part of the definition, collect from inappropriate place. One does not necessarily get that part in the Strongs definition:
h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱; a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.): — assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), x generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, x surely, take (away, into, up), x utterly, withdraw.
AV (200) – together 51, gather 86, assemble 15, rereward 5, misc 51;
to gather, receive, remove, gather in
(Qal)
to gather, collect
to gather (an individual into company of others)
to bring up the rear
to gather and take away, remove, withdraw
(Niphal)
to assemble, be gathered
(pass of Qal 1a2)
to be gathered to one’s fathers
to be brought in or into (association with others)
(pass of Qal 1a4)
to be taken away, removed, perish
(Piel)
to gather (harvest)
to take in, receive into
rearguard, rearward (subst)
(Pual) to be gathered
(Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves
- Please feel free to agree or disagree. I will take a stand and say that perhaps sometimesis is from an inappropriate place, but not always. Please see below the verses.
① bringing together
Genesis 49:1
1 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱), that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
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Psalms 50:4-6
4 He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) My saints together to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge.
Selah
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Isaiah 11:10-12
10 “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”
11 It shall come to pass in that day
(That) the Lord shall set His hand again (h3254. יָסַף yâsap̱) the second time
To recover (h7069. קָנָה qânâ) the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will assemble (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) the outcasts (h1760. דָּחָה ḏâḥâ) of Israel,
And gather together (h6908. קָבַץ qâḇaṣ) the dispersed (h5310. נָפַץ nâp̱aṣ) of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
[[ p.223 קבץ gather; collect in central place;; CM compress/release (C8) – see comment in⑤ harvest below ]]
{{ note h1760. דָּחָה ḏâḥâ and h5310. נָפַץ nâp̱aṣ are also in parallel –
and look at variants and cognates }}
② taking away
Genesis 30:22-24
22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) my reproach.” 24 So she called his name Joseph (h3130. יוֹסֵף yôsêp̱), and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.”
③ returning to original place
Numbers 12:14-15
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) (again).” 15 So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) (again).
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Genesis 25:7-8
7 This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. 8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full (of years), and was gathered (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) to his people.
④ renewing
Exodus 5:6-7
6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, 7 “You shall no longer (h3254. יָסַף yâsap̱) give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
⑤ harvest
Exodus 34:21-22
21 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest (h7105. קָצִיר qâṣîyr) you shall rest.
22 “And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest (h7105. קָצִיר qâṣîyr), and the Feast of Ingathering (h0614. אָסִיף ’âsîyp̱) at the year’s end.
[[ Is there significance in choosing this verse with h7105. קָצִיר qâṣîyr?
p.232 קצר shorten;; CM expand/limit (C22)
Note both h6908. קָבַץ qâḇaṣ in ① and h7105. קָצִיר qâṣîyr in ⑤ have קץ –
•קֵץ-[phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.
▸ h7093. קֵץ qêṣ; contracted from h7112. קָצַץ qâṣaṣ; an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after: — + after, (utmost) border, end, (in-)finite, x process.
AV (67) – end 52, after 10, border 3, infinite 1, process 1;
end
end, at the end of (of time)
end (of space)
GV p.232 קצץ cut off [cut into small pieces; separate into sections]; p.231 קצה separate [ends]; p.226 קוץ awaken [and repel]; p.109 יקץ awaken No DVs
CM קצץ separate/collect (C19); קצה emerge and separate (C18); קוץ compress/release (C8); יקץ hold/release (C59) ]]
⑥ rear guard
Numbers 10:25
25 Then the standard of the camp of the children of Dan (the rear guard (h0622. אָסַף ’âsap̱) of all the camps) set out according to their armies; over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[[ Does this “rear guard relate to this passage?
Genesis 49:16-18
16 “Dan shall judge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.
18 I wait for your salvation, O LORD. ]]
⑦ rabble entering the nation
Numbers 11:4
4 Now the mixed multitude (h0628. אַסְפְּסֻף ’asp̱esup̱) who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat?
- For ספף, p.175 enter, with CM move in/out (E2) – good to look at the cognates:
And note אסף is a DV of ספף ((reminder: EDBH note p.296, of the Derivational Variant, “Hirsch calls this individualizing or targeting the new action.”)) To me, this word then means the people of Egypt (“the world”) not only gathered together with the people of Israel, but they entered into the individual hearts of the Israelites. Recall, however, that the Israelites entered also into the hearts of the Egyptians. Witness:
Exodus 3:21-22
21 And I will give this people favor (h2580. חֵן ḥên) in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty, 22 but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”
Exodus 12:35-36
35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 And the LORD had given the people favor(h2580. חֵן ḥên) in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
- This is why the “people of the world” wanted to join with the Israelites – “favor.”
▸ h2580. חֵן ḥên; from h2603. חָנַן ḥânan; graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty): — favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured.
AV (69) – grace 38, favour 26, gracious 2, pleasant 1, precious 1, wellfavoured + h2896 1;
▸ h2603. חָנַן ḥânan; a primitive root (compare 2583); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition): — beseech, x fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, x very.
There was a “bestowing of traits.” The Israelites, with the heritage of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we’re witnesses to the Egyptians, the people of the world. To be certain, there was also the “fear” element. The people of Egypt had seen, as had Pharaoh and the Israelites, the plagues which were brought about by the LORD יהוה. The experience of the power of the LORD, in the impact on everyday life, plus the nature of the Israelites themselves, led them to join, to “gather.” Do you think this was not known beforehand by יהוה? It is stated clearly in Ex3:21 what is to come.
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