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[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

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Shoshanna



> We have discussed this extensively on the ancient Bible history list at
> yahoogroups.com.
>
> YHVH or YHWH was most likely pronounced Yahouwah.     It was a variation on
> the pronunciation of a god ancient and commonly worshipped throughout
> Palestine and Syria.    Yah, Ea, and Yahu were other versions of the name.
> He evolved from the Sumerian god Enki.   He was a god of the sea,
> underground water, and desert storms.   He was a son of El, and brother to
> Baal.    Baal and Yah/ Yahweh competed for power.    Syrian stories about
> the two of them provide some of hte history of this god's name changes.
>
> Wherever one god or the other won, they incorporated each others' myth,
> functions, and prayers.   A number of our psalms were once prayers to Ba'al.
>
> Then there was Baal Berith - Lord of the Covenant.  He was probably
> originally the Hurrian god Mitras!   Their Indo-Aryan rulers brought him
> with them....    Israel appears to ahve been founded at Shechem, and many
> aspects of Israel's covenantal theology are classically Hurrian.
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra AT austin.rr.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>
> To: "Gary Hedrick" <gary AT cjf.org>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHVH Derivation
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gary Hedrick" <gary AT cjf.org>
> > To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:53 PM
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] YHVH Derivation
> >
> >
> > >          Is there any etymological connection between the Tetragrammaton
> > > and the idea of "breathing" or "breath"?  The Siddur says, "The
> breathing
> > > of
> > > all life praises thy Name," and I'm wondering if this might be more than
> > > merely a platitude.  Could there be an actual connection between YHVH
> and
> > > "breath"?
> >
> > First, Gary,  there is no "V."  There was no vav in Biblical Hebrew.  I
> > don't think there is a connection between yhwh and "breath."
> > Isn't it possible that yhwh is just what it is, the hiph'il of hwh taken
> > from a TITLE phrase as a hypocoristicon of EL...
> > HYH is Hebrew but the roots being discussed HWH is NOT...it is Aramaic.  A
> > Hiph'il form of HYH is, as far as I know, non-attested.  There is an Hafel
> > of HWH in Daniel 5:12 yhhwh.  It is possible that HWH was "proto-Hebrew"
> > later assimilated as HYH?  It is the antiquity I am going for here.
> >
> > El and Yhwh may have been merged as an hypocoristicon. The Qal  of hwh
> taken
> > from a TITLE phrase as a hypocoristicon of EL, ala Albright and Cross?  A
> > title like "El causes something to come into
> > being".
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > Jack Kilmon
> > San Marcos, Texas
> >
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