Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Medina, Vincent" <VMedina AT cbcag.edu>]

Walter:

I believe that the name Mesha is formed from the root yasha "to save."
Other names formed from the same root would include: Isaiah (yeshayahu),
Shua, Hosea, and Joshua. (sorry I don't know the b-Hebrew
transliteration system and so don't depict the ayin in transliteration)
Hope this helps. If I'm wrong maybe others can shed some light on it.

Vince Medina

Associate Professor
Central Bible College
3000 N. Grant Avenue
Springfield, Missouri  65803


-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Peterson [mailto:06PETERSON AT cua.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:16 AM
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Mesha & Moshe

>===== Original Message From "Walter R. Mattfeld"
<mattfeld12 AT charter.net> 
=====
>Just curious, is Moabite Mesha a dialectal form of Hebrew Moshe ?

I don't have the inscription handy, but isn't Mesha spelled with a final

'ayin?

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

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