Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

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> "Israel" is a name, and no name "literally mean"s anything, though it may
> have a derivation or etymology and may be chosen because of that derivation.
> Let me recommend James Barr again for his expose of the "etymological
> fallacy" which applies to names even more than to other words.

See also D.A. Carson, "Exegetical Fallacies" which develops this
same thought under the heading "The root fallacy."

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Dave Washburn
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"Éist le glór Dé."