Strange, strange, curios, curios.
1. Both ABRAHAM (Ge. 17:17) and SARAH (Gen. 18:12) performed the act
of צחק inwardly, apparently without uttering a sound.
2. Then, in 18:13-15, there is this petty argument about the "laughing".
3. Then, in Gen. 21:3, it is stated that ABRAHAM called his son
YICXAK, but with no reference to this previous incident of the
"laughing", except that SARAH is saying now (21:6) that other people
will laugh. The laugh of derision?
4. Did SARAH call him by a different name?
5. The bible goes out of its way to make it clear to us that צחק is
not mere laughing, to wit: Gen. 21:9, Gen 26:8, Gen. 39:14 and Ex. 32:6.
6. I still can not imagine parents calling their son by the silly
name of Willlaugh. I suspect you might encounter objections from the
registrar upon trying
to call a son Willsinganddance.
7. Conclusion: YICXAK is not what it seems to be. Namely, a Hebrew
name is not a Hebrew word.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 27, 2010, at 7:14 PM, fred burlingame wrote:
Hello Isaac:
A mother naming her son יצחק sounds entirely reasonable in the
context of this happening prior to pregnancy.
ויאמר יהוה אל אברהם למה זה צחקה שרה
לאמר האף אמנם אלד ואני זקנתי
genesis 18:13
regards,
fred burlingame
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote:
1. Consider my friend Yankaleh Xazanc'ic
2. Do you really believe that a mother in her right mind would call
her son YICXAK, 'he will laugh'?
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 27, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
Who can believe that a Semitic name could be suffixed by the
grammatical morphemes of another language?
A.
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