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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: jimstinehart AT aol.com
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Name Abraham
  • Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:59:55 -0400

You are right, the only question being is what is "theophoric". It is reasonable to assume that R is thephoric, 
as well as H, which is but mild X, as in היה HAYAH versus חיה XAYAH, and which appears 
in the name revealed (and explained) to Moses in the desert. In other words, every consonant 
(a uniliteral root) is a theophoric name for this or that theos residing in the vast pantheon of the human mind.  

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 10, 2013, at 1:54 PM, jimstinehart AT aol.com wrote:

Genesis 17: 5 is self-explanatory as to the meaning of )B R HM, once one realizes that the interior resh/R there is used as a generic theophoric. 




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