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This is the word that brought me to Christian Chat in the first place, so very long ago. Nachash is an Ancient Hebrew word that means "to hiss, that is, whisper a (magic) spell; generally to prognosticate:" (quoted from Strong's Concordance.) Nachashim is the plural, so it's translated into enchantments or omens sometimes. The remarkable part is it also means serpent.
It's the word used in Genesis 3 for the serpent. (Yes, that serpent.) Adam Clarke went into a specific explanation of the word in his commentary. (I was going to copy/paste but it's too long.)
I've run into it before, when Moses is holding up his staff the first time. (I wanted to find out more from the Internet the first time this word was connected to Moses' staff and stumbled on a question from TinTin, so I found this site.) And I came across it today in Numbers 24:1, where ESV translates it to omens, but whatever Bible Adam Clarke used translated it to enchantments.
Don't expect some grand sermon from me. I simply thought this was interesting that serpent and prognosticating come from the same root word in Ancient Hebrew. Maybe someone else will enjoy checking it out more, especially given in Job it is related to a leviathan and, maybe, a hippo. (Hey, you're going to have to check out Clarke's commentary on Gen 3:1 to understand that one. lol)
It's the word used in Genesis 3 for the serpent. (Yes, that serpent.) Adam Clarke went into a specific explanation of the word in his commentary. (I was going to copy/paste but it's too long.)
I've run into it before, when Moses is holding up his staff the first time. (I wanted to find out more from the Internet the first time this word was connected to Moses' staff and stumbled on a question from TinTin, so I found this site.) And I came across it today in Numbers 24:1, where ESV translates it to omens, but whatever Bible Adam Clarke used translated it to enchantments.
Don't expect some grand sermon from me. I simply thought this was interesting that serpent and prognosticating come from the same root word in Ancient Hebrew. Maybe someone else will enjoy checking it out more, especially given in Job it is related to a leviathan and, maybe, a hippo. (Hey, you're going to have to check out Clarke's commentary on Gen 3:1 to understand that one. lol)