The fact that it is Christians seeing the pattern is likely because they are going in looking for evidence to support their positions and seeing patterns that were never intended, just happen to fit their bias nicely.
Not quite there Mendalla ---the old testament is in Hebrew Mendalla---the ancient Hebrew language gives you the the Pattern ---not the person ---so your off base with that thinking ---
But again that is your human intellect trying to come up with your own conclusion of the actual meanings------your down playing the Hebrew language and translation to suit what you want to think ----not what the real true language is projecting by the the meaning of the names in Hebrew -----
Mendalla ---you can't change the Hebrew Language here ----it means what it says it mean ---it gives you the Hebrew and what it means ----so you can argue till the cows come home but it says what it says ------Period
AI Overview
Genesis 5 outlines the biblical genealogy from
Adam to Noah. Many of these names are rooted in ancient Hebrew
The original Hebrew names and their
literal root meanings are as follows
Adam (אָדָם): Meaning
"Man" or
"Earthling".
Seth (שֵׁת): Meaning
"Appointed".
Enosh (אֱנוֹשׁ): Meaning
"Mortal" or
"Frail". Represents the vulnerability and physical finitude of humanity.
Kenan (קֵינָן): Meaning
"Sorrow",
"Lament"
Mahalalel (מַהֲלַלְאֵל): Meaning
"The Blessed God". Derived from \(mahalal\) (praise) and \(El\) (God).
Jared (יֶרֶד): Meaning
"Shall Come Down". From the verb \(yaradh\), referring to a descent.
Enoch (חֲנוֹךְ): Meaning
"Teaching".
Methuselah (מְתוּשֶׁלַח): Meaning
"Man of the Dart" or translated as
"His death shall bring".
Lamech (לֶמֶךְ): Meaning
"Despairing",
"Poor", or
"Brought Low".
Noah (נֹחַ): Meaning
"Rest" or
"Comfort".
the literal meaning of these 10 names
reveals a hidden, overarching prophetic message: [1, 2]
- "Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down, teaching (that) His death shall bring the despairing rest.