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  • From: "George Athas" <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
  • To: "B-HEBREW" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Theophoric names for women?
  • Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 08:32:01 +1100


>
> There are also sveral women who have "el" in their name for elohim: such
> as David's wife Michael.
>
> Todd Young
> Fort Worth, TX

Todd,

David's wife's name is not 'Michael' - it is "Michal". It might be a
hypocoristicon of
"Michael", but we're not sure.

Best regards,
George Athas
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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