The Discovery of Genesis (31 page)

The word for
go
is
. The left radical
could well be an abbreviation for
two persons
, since
is a second form of
man
. An additional stroke
could indicate
two men
instead of “a step to the left,” as usually interpreted. This is indeed borne out by the ancient writing which shows the upper stroke to be an abbreviated second smaller person
. The second portion of the word,
, means
owner or lord.
God had given to Adam and Eve “
dominion
over the fish of the
sea
and over the birds of the
air
, and over every living thing that moves upon the
earth
” (Genesis 1: 28). The horizontal strokes in three positions picture their dominion of
heaven, sea.
and
earth
; the small, slanted, mark (
point
)
at the top indicates an “anointing and authorization.” The two of them were the
lords
of the earth who
went
about in each other’s company,
.
⁵

Wherever Adam went, his companion
followed
⁶
as they went about their daily activities. Here
one
recognizes
two persons
repeated with
. In order to clearly show the action of
following
, it would seem that the
two persons
must be repeated
, one after another, otherwise
could be simply interpreted as two persons. The feet are represented by the radical
, an abbreviation from
foot
.
The person
in
is substituted by
two persons
.