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Bible Note: Dear Doc, To look at Lamech, here are some things I have read: List of Hebrew names , as derived from Modern Hebrew or Standard Hebrew , and Tiberian Hebrew , ... ìÆîÆêÀ Lamech. "Low; poor." Lamech, the son of Methusael, had a name which the lexicographers have not been able to explain, there being no other word similar to it in the Hebrew tongue. The Writings of the New Church, however, state that Lamech signifies "vastation" and "something destroyed." (AC 527) That by "Lamech" is signified the vastation and destruction both of faith and of charity, is evident from his own statement that he "slew a man to his wounding, and a little one to his hurt," for by "a man" is meant faith, and by "a little one" is meant innocence and charity. (AC 406) LAMECH Gender: Masculine Usage: Biblical Pronounced: LAY-mek Possibly means "to make low" in Hebrew. Lamech is the name of two characters in Genesis: a descendent of Cain and the father of Noah. • Lamech (Gen 4:18) Lamech the First is the last mentioned father in the line of Cain. Lamech the Second is the father of Noah. The word lmk does not occur in Hebrew. Jones reads Powerful, from an untreated root meaning strong and robust young man. NOBSE reads Wild Man. But perhaps the name stemmed from the construction of the particle (le 1063), meaning to or towards; and the verb (muk 1159), be low, depressed, or even the adjacent verb (makak 1193), be low, humiliated. The whole name would thus mean For Lowering; For Humiliation. This is, of course, a partial list. This sources have nothing to do with Missler, or his ideas. Anyway, I'm done with this subject. I expect you will want to rebut me, feel free. But I am done. Love in Christ, Mark |