Biblical Hebrew Forum

["B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>]

Hi Karl,

I don't think that HWH has the meaning of rumor either verbally or in derived 
nouns.  Forms of havvah (destruction) or havoah (disaster) are sometimes 
found in poetic contexts that include evil talk, but that is only 
coincidental/anecdotal.  The lexicons I have assign the glosses 1. fall, 2. 
become, 3. love.  Noun forms include havvah, capriciousness; havvah, 
destruction; and havoah, disaster.

Shalom, Bryan

B. M. Rocine
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You wrote:


  Similarly, there is attestation of the root HWH, mostly in the form of its 
derivitive nouns. In the negative sense, it has the meaning of rumor, though 
that may also be positive. So could the etymology of the name YHWH have the 
concept of the God who communicates with people? HWH seems to have the 
meaning of "to spread a rumor, to communicate".