=====yeden=====
עדנ

Possibly built on the root words [[yed]] meaning "and" (or possibly "witness") and [[den]], meaning "rule", 'yeden' is the name of a "garden" created by the [[alehim]] in Genesis chapter 2. This is the location for the narrative of the creation of man. See [[adem]].

Although most people are familiar with the translation of 'yeden' to "Eden", the original spelling is clear. In fact, the word Eden is not possible to spell in ancient Hebrew, since the English letter E appears in premasoretic Hebrew only as a default vowel sound where no other [[vowels]] are represented typographically.

Although the O'Briens postulated that Eden means "the highlands", the exact opposite may be true, for this word may be [[cognate]] with the Dutch word 'beneden', meaning "bottom", "down", or "downstairs". A more detailed examination of the location of yeden can be found [[genesis_2#Geographical Location|in our commentary of Genesis chapter 2]]

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