Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG wrote:
> I discovered by chance that the following is not quite being fair to 
> Joseph or whatever he is called. I was surprised to find the form 

SHalom Peter Kirk.

I don't mean to sound rude, but could you please explain what you wrote in
...layman's terms? I am very interested to know what exactly you found
here!

Shalom.

Wondell M. Rachman

> BIYHOWS"P at Psalm 81:6, apparently from a theophoric variant Y:HOWS"P 
> of the regular YOWS"P. (GKC 53q treats this as a variant form of 
> hiphil, but I am not convinced). So we have a similar variation to 
> that we recently discussed between Y:HOW$W.A( and Y"$W.A(, though with 
> a different vowel. So it is at least possible that Y:HOWS"P was 
> original and YOWS"P a contraction of it. In fact the original might 
> have been Y:HOWYOS"P (as in the explanation in Genesis 30:23), by 
> analogy with Y:HOWYFKIYN, another theophoric name with a hiphil 
> jussive, or perhaps Y:HOWHOSIYP, by analogy with other Yeho- names 
> which are mostly followed by a "perfect" form - both of these forms 
> would naturally be shortened to Y:HOWS"P and then further to YOWS"P.
> 
> Peter Kirk
> 
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> Subject: Re: YHWH vs. Yahweh
> Author:  jkilmon AT historian.net at internet
> Date:    27/04/1999 23:48
> 
> 
> yahua'sef wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> There is much that can be corrected here but I will have to get to it 
> when I
> return (going fishing).  I will address "Joseph" since that is my name. 
> the JO- of Joseph is NOT a theophoric and therefore not "YAHU-sef."
> ywsf is the fut. of ysf (to add or augment) and therefore "Let him add."
> 
> Jack
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