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  • From: "Walter R. Mattfeld" <mattfeld12 AT charter.net>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Joshua in the Amarna Letters ?
  • Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:58:35 -0500

I understand that Joshua is yhwsw. A name, Yishuya, appears in the Amarna
letters (EA 256 line 18) which Moran renders as "a west semitic name, a
hypostation of {Divine Name} has saved [ysh`]." (p.385. "Index of Proper
Names." Moran. _The Amarna Letters._ 1987)

I am struck by the similarity between yhwsw and yishuya is there a
relationship here, that is, could yishuya be a more archaic form of yhwsw ?

If so, is Yhw- a "LATE FORM" of an archaic Yi- ? That is, was the God
originally Yi instead of Yah ?

Regards, Walter
Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld, M.A. Ed.
www.bibleorigins.net






  • [b-hebrew] Joshua in the Amarna Letters ?, Walter R. Mattfeld, 02/25/2003

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