Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG]

Dear Wondell (thank you for giving us a name!),

I am sorry to sound cynical. I was wondering how to reply, but found 
that George had said most of what I would like to say. Within Hebrew 
grammar, we can say that the compound names you give below are true 
compounds, but it seems unlikely that YHWH is a grammatical compound. 
Within the realm of religious belief, you may well want to divide this 
name in various ways. But this list is not a forum for discussing such 
ideas, but for looking at the Hebrew language. I hope you will be able 
to learn more Hebrew yourself so that you can appreciate better the 
arguments used here and distinguish them clearly from the more 
esoteric ones in some of your postings.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re[3]: YHWH vs. Yahweh
Author:  gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU at internet
Date:    29/04/1999 12:02


On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG wrote:
> Sorry, I'm afraid you just can't do this with Hebrew words any more
> than with English ones. For example (off the top of my head), "father" 
> does not mean "fat" + "her" - it did not originally mean a pregnant
> woman! Your Hebrew examples seem to me just as far-fetched, especially

Is everyone really that cynical?  Take a look at some of the 
prophets(Nevi'um) or angels and their names:

DaniEL (or DanaUL), ZecharYahu, Zef'nYahu, YechezekEL, YermiYahu, 
YeshaYahu (Isaiah), Jo'El, Eli'Yahu, Yahu'shua,Mika'El, Rapha'El, Uri'El 
Samu'El, etc.etc. Do you mean to tell me that seperating these names into 
individual parts and name of God included in their name - would render NO 
MEANING at all? Of course they all mean something!

Yahu'shua = YAHU is salvation
Dani'el = God is my judge
Joel = YAHU is God
Samu'EL = His name is YAHU

So why would YAHU(YHWH) be any different? Can you offer any explanation 
besides one that is completely centered around linguistics and proper 
Hebrew grammar? Why are my conclusions about YHWH discounted by everyone 
will openly admit that the names for some of these prophets, acorind got 
Blue Letter Bible, ALL BEAR some meaning when broken down into their 
individual parts?


Shalom Alaekhem