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Enoch

[ee-nuhk]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the father of Methuselah.

  2. (in the Bible) a son of Cain.

  3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “teacher.”



Enoch

/ ˈiːnɒk /

noun

  1. the eldest son of Cain after whom the first city was named (Genesis 4:17)

  2. the father of Methuselah: said to have walked with God and to have been taken by God at the end of his earthly life (Genesis 5:24)

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There were also call-ups for uncapped 19-year-olds Edoardo Todaro, a centre with Northampton, and Enoch Opoku Gyamfi, a lock currently on Bath's books.

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Enoch Palomar, 6, was at Del Amo park to watch his sister play in a softball tournament on Monday when the coyote attacked him.

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“It just kept biting me and I was trying to kick it,” Enoch told news station KTLA-TV.

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Video of the incident shows Enoch in the distance near a playground, screaming in panic and struggling to get up as the coyote scratched and bit him.

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After the attack, the coyote trotted away, and Enoch was quite shaken.

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