Gazza

Hi Pinklight

What do you think of the narrator specifically not saying God named Eve woman but leaving that for Adam? Again the beasts of the field and the birds of the air does reveal as much as can be said about their natures in a plural form whereas Eve is the only woman. I am yet to be convinced that the narrator really distinguishes different levels of designation here.
As to Hebrew culture I would think that context for which Genesis was initially written was entirely Hebrew and thus the connotations of naming should be taken as the original intended audience would understand them – whether or not Adam and Eve spoke Hebrew themselves.