7,584
edits
Abel - observation: Difference between revisions
From 2nd Book
Jump to navigationJump to search
no edit summary
(Created page with "{{bl| Abel - observation }}") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{bl| Abel - observation }} | {{bl| Abel - observation }} | ||
{{th}} | |||
{{1c| | |||
The substitution of an aleph [[א]] for the chet [[ח]] in Abel [[חבל]] creates a pun in the riddle. <ref>{{bgw| Ge 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. [{blood: Heb. bloods }] }}</ref> }} | |||
{[1c| | |||
Abel [[הנל]] was appropriately named: become vain, empty, breath, Abel. His life became vain when Cain slew him. <ref>{{bgw|Ge 4:8}} ¶ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.</ref> | |||
|} | |||
