Post by Joshua on Apr 29, 2005 20:08:01 GMT
“Was the City of Urak also known as Unak? If so, is N=R?”
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Gen 4:17, “And Cain knew his wife: and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."
The subsequent history of this city we do not know: but of the name of the city we know a great deal. Without entering into too much detail regarding changes in pronunciation which occur in the course of the development of a language, it seems necessary to point out here that the sound represented by the letter N is often reproduced (strange as it may seem) as an R.
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An important city in antiquity appeared under the name Urak, and a study of cuneiform soon revealed that this could equally well be pronounced Unak, which was recognized at once by Sayce and many others as identical with the biblical word Enoch.
Source: custance.org/old/time/5ch2.html
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Editor’s Note (Joshua): Note: If N=L, and L=R, then N=R. As this article appear to show, the City of Urak is the same as Unak, which is a linguistic variation of Enok (or Enoch); that is, N=R.
There are other etymologies and possible alternative derivations discussed by the full article (if you click on the source) of which this is only a snippet, but let the Edenic reader, who is already familiar with “Rashi’s Law” that N=L, also observe that if L=R, then N=R.
Of course, scores of “N=R” examples are needed, in order to establish such a linguistic equation.
(Beginning of quote)
Gen 4:17, “And Cain knew his wife: and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."
The subsequent history of this city we do not know: but of the name of the city we know a great deal. Without entering into too much detail regarding changes in pronunciation which occur in the course of the development of a language, it seems necessary to point out here that the sound represented by the letter N is often reproduced (strange as it may seem) as an R.
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An important city in antiquity appeared under the name Urak, and a study of cuneiform soon revealed that this could equally well be pronounced Unak, which was recognized at once by Sayce and many others as identical with the biblical word Enoch.
Source: custance.org/old/time/5ch2.html
(End of quote)
Editor’s Note (Joshua): Note: If N=L, and L=R, then N=R. As this article appear to show, the City of Urak is the same as Unak, which is a linguistic variation of Enok (or Enoch); that is, N=R.
There are other etymologies and possible alternative derivations discussed by the full article (if you click on the source) of which this is only a snippet, but let the Edenic reader, who is already familiar with “Rashi’s Law” that N=L, also observe that if L=R, then N=R.
Of course, scores of “N=R” examples are needed, in order to establish such a linguistic equation.