Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Peter, Yigal et al:

It is this "Yeho" pronunciation both as a prefix and a 
suffix that makes me suspect that the Name was originally 
pronounced as "Yehoha" or something similar.

The argument that the waw and yod use as materes 
lexionis was only a late development has been shown to 
be mistaken, as there are examples of such in the Moabite 
Mesha stone, as well as an example in late proto-Sinaitic. 
However, such use became much more common later, 
much much more common.

The lack of native speakers makes this question 
impossible to insist that one's understanding is the 
only one that is correct and all others false.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kirk" <peter AT qaya.org>
> 
> On 03/01/2006 20:02, Yigal Levin wrote:
> 
> > ...
> >
> >> Y:HOWYFQIYM
> >> [i.e. transliterated as Jehoiakim in my NIVIHEOT]
> >> is a Theophoric name found at I Chronicles 3:15
> >> Has this Compound Hebrew name been created by adding the prefix YFH.
> >> (via a holem waw)
> >> to YFQIYM
> >> and in the process the "qamets" in YFH.
> >> has become the simple shewa in Y:HOWYFQIYM
> >>
> >> Dave Donnelly
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Dear Dave,
> >
> > The answer is yes. Just like in Yehonatan (Jonathan), Yehoram 
> > (Joram), Yehoahaz and a dozen other names.
> >
> > Yigal
> In that case, where did the long O sound come from? This would not be
> inserted for purely phonetic reasons. It is surely derived from the W in
> YHWH, perhaps via an intermediate form in which the W was consonantal
> e.g. Yahweyaqim.
> 
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/

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