Magyar Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 In an online version of the Islamic Bulletin, April 1992:"Hud was the Prophet sent to the Bani 'Ad for their reformation. His lineage genealogy joins with the Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him) and his sons. Nuh had 3 sons who were saved from the flood-- Sam, Ham, and Yafith. The children of Sam were scattered in the Arabian Peninsula. Sam had a son named Iram. And one of Iram's sons was 'Ad. So they named the town after his son--the city was named 'Ad. The town of 'Ad was very dusty and located near Ahqaf, near Hadramout in Yemen." 1
LeSellers Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 (edited) "Hud was the Prophet sent to the Bani 'Ad for their reformation. His lineage genealogy joins with the Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him) and his sons. Nuh had 3 sons who were saved from the flood-- Sam, Ham, and Yafith. The children of Sam were scattered in the Arabian Peninsula. Sam had a son named Iram. And one of Iram's sons was 'Ad. So they named the town after his son--the city was named 'Ad. The town of 'Ad was very dusty and located near Ahqaf, near Hadramout in Yemen.""Sam, Ham, and Yafith", "Nuh" all sound like Shem, Ham, and Japeth and Noah. The "peace be upon him" parenthesis says it's a Muslim (Arabic?) document. "Saved from the flood" makes it abundantly clear who we're reading about here. All that's obvious.What's not obvious is that Father Lehi named at least some of his sons with Semitic, but not necessarily Jewish Hebrew, names. Sam <=> Shem in the same way Sibboleth <=> Shibboleth, both of which are Hebrew, but different dialects: "he could not frame to pronounce it right" is how the Bible puts it. Lehi was an Ephramite (politically) and lived in the north (or his ancestors did). He would have pronounced "Shem" as "Sam" just as those Ephramites and Manassites did with Sibboleth.Good find.Lehi Edited October 11, 2011 by LeSellers
LeSellers Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 So much for question 2.We can all sleep well tonight.Lehi 2
Magyar Posted October 11, 2011 Author Posted October 11, 2011 "Sam, Ham, and Yafith", "Nuh" all sound like Shem, Ham, and Japeth and Noah. The "peace be upon him" parenthesis says it's a Muslim (Arabic?) document. "Saved from the flood" makes it abundantly clear who we're reading about here. All that's obvious.What's not obvious is that Father Lehi named at least some of his sons with Semitic, but not necessarily Jewish Hebrew, names. Sam <=> Shem in the same was Sibboleth <=> Shibboleth, both of which are Hebrew, but different dialects: "he could not frame to pronounce it right" is how the Bible puts it. Lehi was an Ephramite (politically) and lived in the north (or his ancestors did). He would have pronounced "Shem" as "Sam" just as those Ephramites and Manassites did with Sibboleth.Good find.LehiThank you, Lehi.
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