Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names (Volume 1); Or, an Attempt to Trace the Religious Belief, Sacred Rites, and Holy Emblems of Certain Nations, - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1868. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Eve, "J1] (Gen. iii. 20), chavah. So much interest surrounds this word that it deserves a very close attention. Let us first examine into the various meanings of those words, the characters of which closely resemble the name in question; and in doing so, we must remember that the n and the n are interchangeable, and that the present vowel points did not exist in the primitive Hebrew writings. "W, havah, or havah, = "to breathe," "to blow," "a breath," &c. fH?, hauah, or havah, = "eagerness," "lust," in a good or bad sense. 78 For an explanation of this Figure, see Dubois, Religion universeUe, vol. 8, p. 33. £, hayah, = "to be," ilpl, = 'I live, am, exist.' "{£, hayah, = " calamity." njn, chavah, = " to live," = viro; also ' to say, or relate,' ' to move in a circle about a thing,' ' to wind round a thing,' ' a serpent,' also ' to put or bind together.' n'n, chayah, = "the vital force, -- life." "J1], chavooh, = "a circular tent." run, chiveh, = " a hamlet." n,n, choocha, = " to cut into, to pierce." TMn, chucha, = " a thorn." TMn, chavach, = " a cleft, fissure, or gap." There is a goddess in Assyria whose name is read as ton, hiya, = " eviva," " viva," " vive," Ere we proceed farther let us turn to the words, " Male and female created he them " (Gen. i. 27). The Hebrew words are "0 and n%V?., zaehar, and n'keba, which signify literally " digger," and "hole." If we turn to Adam, we find that it means " the red one," "the male." We then find, that the word which signifies life in the majority of the Shemitic tongues, also signifies the serpent; while in those called Indo-Scythic, the bull and life have the same words to express them.74 All these considerations lead us to the belief that the word Eve, in strictness, signifies "the concha," or " t...

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