tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post8990499556444487034..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Bereishit/Vayeshev: The Appropriately Named Er and Onanjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-51984395660747458822007-11-29T03:02:00.000-05:002007-11-29T03:02:00.000-05:00I heard from someone at Gush that Machlon and Kily...I heard from someone at Gush that Machlon and Kilyon are positive names, derived from machol=dance and klilah=perfection respectively. And only now when the word frequency in Hebrew has shifted do the names remind us of sickness and death. Sound reasonable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com