Biblical Hebrew Forum

["yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>]

On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG wrote:
> 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. 

Can you expound on this further, adding on to what George said? I'm sure
even the Nevi'um that did not have the name -YAHU in their name, still had
some ancient Sumerian or Mesopotamian origins of their names and
linguistic meanings for them(e.g. Avrham, Noah, etc.). Perhaps many were
compounds of ancient names taken from older writings, who knows?

> 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.

I hope so too! Esoterica can get me in some hot water sometimes. ;)

SHalom,

Wondell M. Rachman