1. ספר s^epher – “writing, a writing, a book.”
2. קינן qēynān – Kenan, “po e or, or spearsman.”
3. מהללאל mah^el…

He called his name Noah. — This is the first recorded instance, since the days of Eve, of a child being named at his birt…

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work. In the Hebrew language, the etymology of the verb נחם…

And he called his name Noah
Which signifies rest and comfort; for rest gives comfort, and comfort flows from rest, s…

Methuselah signifies, “he dies, there is a dart,” or “a sending forth,” namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 9…