Biblical Hebrew Forum

[<pporta AT oham.net>]

> If YOKEBED is YHO-KEBED, as correctly pointed out to us by Yigal [YI- 
> G)AL] and Uri, then why not YOSEP = YHO-SEP?

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If in some cases -Yokedeb, Yoel, Yonathan-  the YO refers to the name of 
Israel's God, this does not allow us to state that the initial YO  -or 
better YWO-  of every word whose head is YO (YWO) refers to it.

And so,

1. YWOS"P (Gen 30:24) marks the Hiph'il imperfect, 3rd person singular 
masculine = he will cause to increase.
2. YWOL"K (Dt 28:36) marks the Hiph'il imperfect, 3rd person singular 
masculine = he will cause to go, to walk.
3. YWONEH (Eze 18:7) marks the Hiph'il imperfect, 3rd person singular 
masculine = he will cause to oppres, he will oppress.

This YWO is the typical prefix for the Hiph'il imperfect, 3rd person sing, 
masc. of verbs Peh"Yod and of a few other that follow their path.

Pere Porta









> I tend to think that the -HA- added to )ABRAM, Genesis 17:5, and the - AH 
> added to SARAIY, Genesis 17:15, are also in honor of a holy name.  While 
> at it I also notice the resemblance of )ABRAM and (AMRAM,  Exodus 6:18.
> I suspect that the -YA- of the name MIRYAM, Exodus, 15-20, is also of 
> this nature. Otherwise what is the meaning of this curious name MIRYAM?
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Oct 12, 2007, at 3:40 AM, <pporta AT oham.net> <pporta AT oham.net> wrote:
>
> > > I feel uneasy with the interpretation of the -YAMIN part of the name
> > > BINYAMIN as the right hand side [namely the YEMENITE]. I tend to
> > > think that YAMIN = YAH-)AMIN, with YA =YAH being a reference to the
> > > God of the Hebrews.
> > > After all both his father YA-(AKOB and his
> > > grandfather YI-CXAQ had such a reference in their names, methinks.
> >
> > _____________
> >
> > Do you really think that the Y of YA-(AKOB and the Y of YI-CXAQ are  a 
> > reference to the name of Israel's God?
> >
> > Aren't they a mere prefix to show the imperfective or future verb  tense, 
> > the same as other hundreds of samples in the Bible?
> >
> > Pere Porta
> > Barcelona (Spain)