Is This a Sin?

[tonyrey]

You are probably thinking of a later dictionary to define earlier words. I am referring to a dictionary provided, for example, by the very scribes who wrote Genesis so as to further explain their own use of the words in that writing.
It wouldn’t matter if the words they used and defined agreed with anyone else. It would explain their intent regardless of the accurate use of the words by anyone else’s authority.Perhaps a better word would be “lexicon” as it tends to refer to a specific writing rather than general use of the time.

I think the authors of Genesis were inspired by God rather than writing down their own ideas but their account of Creation is obviously expressed in their own words and should not be interpreted literally. I’m sure dictionaries didn’t exist in those days!

But all this is far away from the original topic!