Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yon_saf AT bezeqint.net>]

Dear Liz,
So how do YHWH Shomron and YHWH Teman fit into your theory?
Jonathan D. Safren
Chairman
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Israel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 2:50 AM
Subject: RE: The Divine Name YHW


> 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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