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Urim, Thummim and the Sacred Name

From: Tsadowq AT aol.com
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu, fputnam AT biblical.edu
Subject: Urim, Thummim and the Sacred Name
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 04:57:57 EST

Hello everyone,

In a message dated 12/10/2001 3:02:54 PM Mountain
Standard Time, fputnam AT biblical.edu writes:
<< Whenever questions are recorded regarding using either the lot or
Urim/Thummim the questions were polar--either "yes-no" or "Is this
the one?" (1 Sam 14.36-42; 23.6-13)--or the narrative allows this
interpretation (e.g., Achan's guilt, Saul's kingship). This suggests
that whatever the physical means (a two-sided piece of ?? with
one marked side), allotment entailed polar elimination or selection.>>

Tradition teaches...

Urim's first side bore the letter Y.
Urim's second side bore he letter H.
Thummim's first side bore the letter V.
Thummim's second side bore the letter H.

I also seem to recall that the combined numeric
value of urim- and thummim-'s letters total 777.

Urim, Thummim and the Sacred Name, Tsadowq, 12/11/2001