It's a critically important subject to make people more aware of too. As an additional aside, I always found it interesting that the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet aleph, means ox. Reading this in context with the Biblical phrase "I am the alpha and the omega" may harken back to a post-exile memory of Yahweh's bovine past.
A lot of common Hebrew women's names reference to cows: Leah, Deborah and Rebecca come immediately to mind. Leah, Leigh, Lee and Natalie refer to either a wild cow or having cow eyes; Deborah has its origin in the word for milk or honey and can mean to breast feed or graze in pasture, whereas Rebecca means a securely tied cow; Chloe is pasture as in grazing .The list is endless; Dora and Dorcas is deer; Gail or Ya'el is goat. Rachel interchangeably means either cow, ewe or livestock.
Basically, 3000 years ago in Israel women were called after livestock one way or another, whereas men were either beloved or the messengers of god. Draw your own conclusions.
It's a critically important subject to make people more aware of too. As an additional aside, I always found it interesting that the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet aleph, means ox. Reading this in context with the Biblical phrase "I am the alpha and the omega" may harken back to a post-exile memory of Yahweh's bovine past.
A lot of common Hebrew women's names reference to cows: Leah, Deborah and Rebecca come immediately to mind. Leah, Leigh, Lee and Natalie refer to either a wild cow or having cow eyes; Deborah has its origin in the word for milk or honey and can mean to breast feed or graze in pasture, whereas Rebecca means a securely tied cow; Chloe is pasture as in grazing .The list is endless; Dora and Dorcas is deer; Gail or Ya'el is goat. Rachel interchangeably means either cow, ewe or livestock.
Basically, 3000 years ago in Israel women were called after livestock one way or another, whereas men were either beloved or the messengers of god. Draw your own conclusions.