(Read post: Three Modes of Human Contact with Reality: “Feeling” (“Ham”), “Perceiving” (“Japheth”), “Naming” (“Shem”) (Gen. 9:18) )
The Bible states this in no ambiguous terms: After the Great Deluge, the origin of all humanity were Noah’s three sons – Shem, Ham and Japheth (Genesis 9:18).
Examining the Hebrew-language roots of all three names, a bizarre unexpected phenomenon pops up. This has major implications to understanding the biblical message emanating from the names: All names relate to biblical Hebrew verbs, indicative of three alternative options for humans to relate to reality.
