Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

Friends,
I received this question a while back and so far I'm not doing well 
finding the answers.  Can anybody here help?
Thanks,
Dave

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> > I seem to recall from my studies, certain Hebrew names beginning with
> > 'yod' such as Joshua, Joseph, Jeremiah, and so on, are in a class known
> > as "Amorite Y(?)-perfectives.
> > 
> > I can't seem to dig up any information on this anywhere, and I'd
> > appreciate it if you could give me some references.
> > 
> > I'm quite curious as to why "Amorite" as opposed to "Moabite" or any of
> > the others.


Dave Washburn
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