Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

So, is it possible that EHYEH has been wrongly pointed and was a hiphil?

I can't see how one could be Qal and the other causative if we are to believe
that YHWH is the third person of EHYEH.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kirk [mailto:peterkirk AT qaya.org]
Sent: Thu 8/4/2005 12:15 AM
To: Read, James C
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The translation of ehyeh
 
On 04/08/2005 00:06, Read, James C wrote:

>So, does anyone know why it has been assumed that YHWH is a causative
>and not a Qal?
>If EHYEH is Qal, why isn't also YHWH?
>  
>

I don't think this has been assumed. Many scholarly works as well as 
many postings on this list have suggested that the Name, if a verb, 
could be either Qal or Hiphil.

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