From The Alpha and the Omega - Chapter Four
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © 1995, all rights reserved
"Names of Angels Found In Genesis 11-24"
Angel - Gen. 16:7,9,10,11; 21:17, etc., or Angels Gen. 19:1,15:
For reference from Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible:
Angel - Hebrew mal’ak, mal-awk’; from an unused root meaning to dispatch as a deputy;
a messenger; specially of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher):
- ambassador, angel, king or messenger.
Biblical verses defining characteristics of angelic figures.
- Gen. 16:9 the angel of
[(Final Caph Aleph Lamed Mem) Hebrew in the singular form M(ah)L(uh)A(ah)Kh, a messenger or the Lord himself adopting a visible form] the LORD (Yahweh).
[This angel is also found in (Gen. 16:7-14; 22:11-18; 31:11, 13; Exod. 3:2-5 i.e. "burning bush"; Num. 22:22-35 "Balaam’s talking ass"; Judg. 6:11-23 "Gideon and Midian"; 13:2-25 "Manoah’s barren wife and Samson’s birth"; 1 Kings 19:5-7 "Elijah"; 1 Chron. 21:15-17 "Satan provoked David to number Israel and Jerusalem almost destroyed")].
- Gen. 19:1 the two angels
[(Final Mem Yod Caph Aleph Lamed Mem -- He -- Yod Nun Shin) Hebrew in the plural form M(ah)L(uh)A(ah)Kh(ee)M, possibly the people of Lakhim (Ha’aM LAKh IM) but as stated in the ten Kabbalah sephira it is more likely Malachim (Kings), one of the order of the angels.] who went to Sodom.
Lot at the gate of Sodom bowed himself to the ground and spoke to the two angels in Gen. 19:2 calling them my lords.
- Gen. 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men
[(Final Mem Yod Shin Nun Aleph -- He) A(uh-eh)N(oh)Sh(ee)M, ’ENowShIM, which seems to be a plural of the Hebrew ‘enowsh, en-oshe, from Heb. ‘anash, aw-nash’, a primary root, to be frail, feeble, thus probably meaning a mortal, but yet differing from the more dignified Heb. ‘adam, aw-dawm’, a human being, the meaning is uncertain, which even Lot himself called them "my Lords" in Genesis 19:2.]
which (who) came in to thee this night (tonight)? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
- Gen. 24:7 The LORD (Yahweh) God
[(Yod He Lamed Aleph, Elohi, sing.) of heaven (Heb. shamayim), … he shall send his angel [(Final Nun Caph Aleph Lamed Mem) M(ah)L(uh)A(ah)Kh which seems to be singular, Malach (King), … note the key Hebrew letters for angel in Gen. 19:1; 24:7 are LAKh.
Hebrew Angel (M) LAKh and the comparison to the
Sumerian serpents Lakhmu and Lakhamu
Earlier in Chapter Three of this book we reviewed the Sumerian and Babylonian gods:
In the Babylonian Account of Creation on Tablet I opening scene presents a primitive age when only living uncreated world matter existed, personified by two mythical beings – Apsu (male), representing the primeval fresh water ocean and Tiamat (female), the primeval salt water ocean. These were the parents of the gods. Apsu and Tiamat begat Lahmu (Lakhmu) and Lahamu (Lakhamu) deities.
Anshar (Sumerian god of the celestial world who was born of the serpents Lakhmu and Lakhamu), as the sky and male principle, and was the father of Anu. Since Anshar mated with his sister Kishar (Anu’s mother, she became the earth and female principle), thus they produced the great gods. Anshar organized the gods in their fight against Tiamat but did no fighting himself.
Anu (Akkadian "Lord of Heaven" or "He of the Heavens"; Sumerian An) with his horned head-dress was the heaven-god of Mesopotamia and overlord of the gods, their father and protector. Anu was a remote, celestial god who was not interested in mankind and did not bother much with them. His symbol was the
as a star. His soldiers were the stars; part of the Milky Way (Anu’s Way) was his personal road. He was believed to dwell in the constellation of the Great Bear, Ursa Major.
Anu’s wife was Antu, and their children were the Anunnaki. Some texts say that his son’s were Ea, Enlil and their half-sister was Ninhursag (Ninkhursag).
Despite Anu’s indifference to men he had a fine temple at Uruk (Erech) with an unusual twin towered ziggurat dating from 3000 B.C. As time went on Anu’s authority waned as the result of the success of the gods like Enlil.
Anu as Enlil or Elil god of earth (nature) and wind (air and hurricanes, floods), child of An (heaven) and Ki (earth) whom he separated.
Heaven-and-Earth [an-ki] presents that Heaven (An), was male, and Earth (Ki), was female.
Upon researching the following I discovered these similarities in the Hebrew
anochi, anokhi, or anoki, and inserted it here for your viewing.
- Genesis 6:17 "And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die."
I, {even I}
[(Yod Nun Aleph -- Vau) I or A(uh-ah)N(ee)Y, here is the first occurrence of Ani, which is the masculine gender of the feminine form, Anochi, which is found in Gen. 7:1-4 and Gen. 15:1. Ani can also be found in Gen. 9:9 which established a covenant with Noah’s seed.],
- Genesis 7:4 "For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth."
{and} I
[(Yod Caph Nun Aleph) Hebrew personal pronoun "I" or Anochi - A(aw)N(oh)Ch(ee), or Anokhi - A(aw)N(oh)Kh(ee), here is not the first occurrence (see Gen. 3:10; 4:9) of Anochi the feminine form of Ani, the masculine gender seen earlier in Gen. 6:17. Genesis 7:1-4 "...For yet seven days more, I (anochi) will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights...". Genesis 15:1 "After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am (anochi) a shield unto thee, thy reward shall be exceedingly great."]
Now continuing with the Sumerian and Babylonian gods…
The brood of gods, which Apsu and Tiamat begat became so annoying in their conduct that their father, Apsu, made up his mind to do away with them. He was frustrated by the great god Ea, "who fathoms everything" and who discovered the plan and actually was able to slay Apsu.
Ea, upon going to Earth, he was given the title En.ki – "Lord Earth," who was in charge of the Anunnaki, was called "He Whose House Is Water," also (god of the waters called Apsu, the Babylonian Abyss or the waters which surround and hold up the earth, like the Greek’s idea of "Ocean," as in Space). Ea’s distinguishing feature was the horned headdress and in some cases was depicted as a goat with a fish’s tail (The zodiac image of Capricornus) or in human form with water gushing from his shoulders or from a vase he carried (The zodiac image of Aquarius) possibly the prototype of both signs.
Although probably unrelated but is found in the Table Of Nations, under the mention of Nimrod’s cities, as "his kingdom" is worthy of mentioning. One must remember that Lot did go to the cities of the plain.
Genesis 10:10 "And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."
his kingdom
[((Vau vowel) Tau -- Caph Lamed Mem Mem) M(ah)M(uh)L(ah)Kh(uh), Heb. mamlakah, mam-law-kaw’, from Heb. malak, maw-lak’, to reign, dominion, i.e. (abstr.) the estate (rule) or (concr.) the country (realm), kingdom, king’s, reign, royal; T(oh), "his".]
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