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Shekar - intoxicant ; intensely alcoholic liquor ; strong drink ; drunkard Tiyrosh - rarely fermented ; expulsion of fresh grape juice ; new sweet wine Yayin - To give off bubbles of gas , as in fermenting liquors ( effervesce ); intoxication , banqueting , winebibber ; rare reference to unfermented wine
GREEK ( New Testament ) now tilted exposing the frigid barrenness of the north and south poles . Among the buried remains were fermenting forests and massive decay creating extensive coal beds which mixed with lime and water frequently ignited resulting in earthquakes and volcanic eruptions above its surface . These natural phenomenons were God ‟ s chosen agent to alert the inhabitants that the end of this earth is inevitable . Perhaps the immense responsibility resting upon the shoulders of the last patriarch of the Antediluvian age were too much for him to bear . Noah “ became heir of the righteousness which is by faith ” [ Heb 11:7 ] having passed from Adam to Enoch to Methuselah , but he also succumbed to the temptations of the Antediluvian race by dulling his senses to reality through the use of fermented spirits . “ And Noah began to be an husbandman , and he planted a vineyard : And he drank of the wine , and was drunken .” [ Gen 9 : 20 , 21 ]
Glenkos - sweet wine ; fresh juice ; also highly inebriating fermented wine Killayown - consumption ; falling ; destruction ; pining Oinos - wine , literal or figuratively
AFTER THE FLOOD
However long it took for Noah to plant a vineyard then wait for its harvest after the flood is open to speculation . What isn ‟ t questioned is what Noah did with the first harvest of grapes . Perhaps it was the witness of devastation caused by the flood to a landscape which barely resembled the earth they once knew that weakened his resolve to remain faithfully pure . Everywhere were strewn the dead bodies of men and beasts . The turbid seas were blown by violent winds and shifted to cover their remains . A world that formerly knew no rain was now mostly covered in water . The earth presented an appearance of confusion and desolation impossible to describe . The mountains , once so beautiful in their perfect symmetry , were jagged and irregular . Temperatures were now extreme compared with the terrarium-style existence enjoyed prior to the flood . The earth itself was
One could say that Noah discovered the art of winemaking after harvesting the vineyard but chances are more likely that the Patriarch had enjoyed a nip or two on the other side of the flood which would have been more in harmony with the social norms of the dark Antediluvians . Thus , Noah is the first recorded drunkard in Scripture by name . The world would have been a better place had Noah discontinued the intricate art of winemaking this side of the flood . As so often is the case whenever alcohol is involved , shame and embarrassment closely followed : “ And he was uncovered within his tent . And Ham , the father of Canaan , saw the nakedness of his father , and told his two brethren without . And Shem and Japheth took a garment , and laid it upon both their shoulders , and went backward , and covered the nakedness of their father …” [ Gen 9:20-23 ]