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Hebrew:אנוש
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Noun, sing., masc.:
- man (Strong 582, with reference of mortality)
Adjective, sing., masc.:
- somebody incurably sick (Strong 605)
- somebody desperately wicked (Strong 605)
Proper name, masc.:
- Enoch ("man") (Strong 583)
Imperfect, 1st person, sing., masc.:
- I will be sick (Strong 5136) (dubious because the נ should fall)
Comments
The same word used for (mortal) man and an incurably sick signifies that people after the Fall are desperately and incurably sick and that sin is a kind of illness. See also Fall or man. Thus this word may be translated as "sinner".
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