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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH is Aramaic?
  • Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:10:30 -0500

Sorry for asking this question, but it is a name, why does it have to have a root or be derived from anywhere, why can't it stand alone as a Name? Why does it have to have an origin? Why can't it just be (one of) G-d's name?

Shoshanna



The root HWH/HYH can be seen as a basic root *HWH that developed
features similar to "?YH" verbs (such as XYH "live") as a result of the
nearby initial H. Generally, "?WH" verbs seem rather stable in the
Hebrew of the Bible, for example $WH ("equal"), LWH ("lend"). Both
of these have Hiphil forms with the use of a waw, and it is definitely
possible that the waw was retained in this form (assuming the verb
ever had an Hiphil). This shows just how oddball the HYH/HWH verb
can be that it is hard to make any conclusions from it. Similarly, the
name YHWH may not necessarily be derived from HWH. It could just
as easily be derived from an otherwise unknown root *YHW. Together,
all these special cases make it impossible to categorize YHWH as
a name of Aramaic origin.





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