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  • From: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Theophoric Name: Y:HOWYFQIYM
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:47:29 -0800 (PST)

The question of pronouniciation can not answered with certainty; for
one thing, as mentioned here before, the pronounciation of the Divine Name as
of all other words changes over time. And here we are dealing with a period
of at least a millenium.

As for the origin of YHWH, I agree with those who see it in the Aramaic
imperfect 3rd sing. from HWH, check in KAI. A few traces of this can be
found in the HB. The idea that it must have a causative, Hif(il form was
strengthened by Albright and others to give it a theological resonance "* he
who caused ..." [the creation of....]. Whereas another interpretation regrads
it as a Qal and a hypocoristicon, an abbreveation, of an original longer
compound Personal Name. This longer form was lost long before the oral
tradtions of the HB were recorded. Such PNs are common in the HB and also in
Hebrew extra-biblical inscriptions. This is the opinion of De Moor in his
important book The Rise of Yahwism.
The meaning of such a name depends on the componment added to the divine
prefix; e.g. Yehoyaqim "Yahweh is/will be established".

As for the divine suffix, the diachronic process in pronounciation
occurred there too.It should be noted that it is found thus" --YW "in
Northern inscriptions e.g. YD(YW Yeda'yau from the Northern kingdom.
This is read by many as a diphthong with a ponounciation closed to *-- Yau.

Uri




I cannot help but notice, however, that when the theophoric is first, it is
usually "Yeho" as in Yehosef, Yehoykim, Yehoash..but when the theophoric is
last, it is usually "Yahu" as in Yeshayahu. Yirimyahu so there is some form
of lexical play with the waw. I have always thought that YHWH was the
Hiph'l of the Aramaic (HWH) for of HYH ane perhaps sounded YeHAWA but I am
having second thoughts that the sounding of this name for God may not be in
Hebrew usage (which it predates) at all but in earlier Canaanite and perhaps
even Akkadian.

Jack

Jack Kilmon
San Marcos, Texas


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>I read it. It was very interesting. So is Deborah (a bee) the
>participle? The Buzzing? The Buzzed? The Buzzer?

Probably just a noun related the verb, as CCoCah (C=root consonant) is
one of many noun patterns. Cf. 'AVODAH ("work"), ZMORAH ("twig?"),
XAGORAH ("belt"), etc.

-Joel M. Hoffman
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