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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] theophoric prefixes (YH~YHW)
  • Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:00:43 +0200


The epigraphic evidence, while limited, does show that at least for suffixes the preference in Israel was YW (such as the in the Samaria Ostraca names GDYW and $MRYW), while the preference in pre-exilic Judah was YHW. This probably has to do with the same diphtong contraction shown in other words in Israelean inscriptions, such as YN for "wine" instead of YYN. Post-exilic
Judah prefered YH.
The forms given in the Bible are no proof of anything, since the Bible is Judahite, and even the "pre-exilic" books were as least heavily edited in the post-exilic period.

All this was noted by Tur-Sinai decades ago, when he published the Lachish ostraca found in the 1930's.

Yigal Levin


----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Stucki" <joel AT stucki.ws>
To: "Larry Baden" <llbaden AT sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] theophoric prefixes (YH~YHW)


On 8/8/06, Larry Baden <llbaden AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I have read (the source escapes me at present) that the "hu" suffix was used
only in the Northern Kingdom, and not the south. Can anyone address whether
that may be true? Was it a dialect issue?

Larry Baden
St. Louis, MO 63119

The name Isaiah kind of throws this off. He was a southerner with no
apparent ties to the northern kingdom and his name appears alternately
as Yeshayahu and Yeshayah. Hezekiah's name does the same. Seems like
one might be a more formal name but that's just a guess.

Joel Stucki
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