Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

The name YHW is the same name as YHWH, and refers to the same 
god. To my way of thinking, it suggests that the H at the end of YHWH
is a matres lexiones (a vowel). It also suggests that the name was
pronounced Yahu, as in Eliyahu, etc. Some have suggested that
the Jews in Elephantine were from the North and that YHW was the
northern spelling, while the bible was written by Judaeans who used
the southern spelling. I think it is more easily explained by assuming
that the bible was written later and added the H as a vowel.
Liz Fried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Arias [mailto:fernando.arias AT lycos.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 8:29 PM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: The Divine Name YHW
> 
> 
> Dear members,
> The Divine Name YHW written in the Elephantine papyre is found 
> nowhere in the Bible. I have some questions on it:
> 1)What is the origin of this Divine Name? 
> 2)Is it in any way related to the Divine Biblical Names? is in 
> any way related to the Biblical tradition?
> 3)What is the meaning of this Name? 
> 4)How did this Name come to be used by the Elephantine jews?
> 5)Is there any evidence that this Name was transmitted in any 
> form after the time of the Elephantine papyre? 
> Thanks in advance for your answers,
> Fernando. 
> 
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