Biblical Hebrew Forum

[John Wilking <jcwilking AT yahoo.com>]

This is another/different idea.
   
  It appears that sometimes the Lord lays emphasis on the meaning of his 
name, like "then you will know that I am YHWH your God, who brought you 
out...from Egypt" Ex 6:7.  
   
  There are two other passages in Isaiah that are similar to Isa, 47:8 and 
that emphasize the role of the speaker.
   
  "I am YHWH, and there is no other...." Isa. 45:5
  "I am God and there is no other...." Isa. 46:9
  "I am, and there is none besides me." Isa.47:8,10
   
  If the significance/meaning of his name is being pointed out in 45:5, it is 
parallel with "God" and "I am", both which lay emphasis on his supremacy.
   
  John C. Wilking

John Wilking <jcwilking AT yahoo.com> wrote:
    Sorry I didn't put the "Subject" in the last posting.
   
  I found three times in which  ANI occurs twice:
  ANI ANI HU, Deut. 32:39
  ANI ANI DVRTI, Isa. 48:15
  ANI ANI ATROF, Hos. 5:14
   
  once with ANOKI:
  ANOKI ANOKI HU, Isa. 43:25
   
  These seem to be simple intensifiers.  Would it be strange to think of  
AHYH...AHYH as intensive in nature?
   
  John C. Wilking

John Wilking <jcwilking AT yahoo.com> wrote:
  Is it possible to see more semantic similarities between AHYH in Exodus 
3:14 and ANI in Isaiah 47:8,10 other than that both are translated as EGW 
EIMI and "I am?" Does ANI ever occur twice like ANOKI(Sp?)...ANI?

John C. Wilking 


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There are three levels of meaning of the name =E2=80=9CJoseph=E2=80=9D.  
In=20=
all three=20
levels, the name =E2=80=9CJoseph=E2=80=9D means what it is explicitly stated=
 to mean at Genesis 30:=20
23-24:  =E2=80=9Cgathered, added=E2=80=9D.
=20
1.  Level #1:  Immediate Circumstances of This Son=E2=80=99s Birth
=20
The name Joseph means that YHWH has =E2=80=9Cgathered=E2=80=9D, or =E2=80=
=9Ctaken away=E2=80=9D, Rachel=E2=80=99s=20
reproach for her 6+ years of barrenness, by =E2=80=9Cadding=E2=80=9D another=
 son for Jacob=20
(which in fact is Rachel=E2=80=99s first son).
=20
Note how very awkwardly the second sentence in this text reads in English. =20
What is going on here?
=20
=E2=80=9CAnd she conceived, and bore a son, and said:  'God hath taken away=20
[gathered/)SP] my reproach.'  And she called his name Joseph [YWSP], saying:=
  'The LORD=20
[YHWH] add [YSP] to me another son.'=E2=80=9D  Genesis 30: 23-24
=20
How is it that Rachel is seeing YHWH =E2=80=9Cadding=E2=80=9D to Rachel =E2=
=80=9Canother son=E2=80=9D. =20
This is Rachel=E2=80=99s first son.  Why is she calling her only son =E2=80=
=9Canother son=E2=80=9D?  Why=20
isn=E2=80=99t she, on the contrary, choosing a name that calls attention 
to=20=
the fact=20
that this son is very different from all of Jacob=E2=80=99s other sons, bein=
g Jacob=E2=80=99s=20
one and only son (to this point) by Jacob=E2=80=99s favorite main wife, Rach=
el? =20
Certainly no one is surprised when Jacob=E2=80=99s only son (to that 
point)=20=
by Jacob=E2=80=99s=20
favorite main wife quickly becomes Jacob=E2=80=99s favorite son.  Only to pr=
ecious=20
Joseph will Jacob give the coat of many colors.  Why isn=E2=80=99t Rachel em=
phasizing that?=20
 Why is Rachel doing the exact opposite of that, in calling her only son=20=
=E2=80=9C
another son=E2=80=9D, with the primary meaning of his name being =E2=80=9Cad=
ded=E2=80=9D, meaning that=20
one more son has been =E2=80=9Cadded=E2=80=9D to Jacob=E2=80=99s already lar=
ge stock of sons?
=20
An ultra literal translation of Genesis 30: 24 is:  =E2=80=9CAdded YHWH to m=
e son=20
another=E2=80=9D.  In English, the word =E2=80=9Canother=E2=80=9D must prece=
de the word =E2=80=9Cson=E2=80=9D, giving=20
us the following literal translation:  =E2=80=9CAdded YHWH to me another son=
.=E2=80=9D  Why=20
the peculiar reference to =E2=80=9Canother son=E2=80=9D?  Gesenius says that=
 this Hebrew word =E2=80=9C
another=E2=80=9D especially means:  one that follows a first or second, etc.=
  Why is=20
Rachel choosing such a circumspect name for her son?  Why does Rachel seem t=
o=20
be saying, and emphasizing, that Joseph should be viewed as being just =E2=
=80=9Canother=20
son=E2=80=9D?
=20
If we can figure out why Rachel shrewdly names her beloved firstborn son=20=
=E2=80=9C
Joseph=E2=80=9D, we will understand much of the mindset of the Patriarchal n=
arratives. =20
You see, Rachel has figured out what=E2=80=99s going on.  So has Leah.  Thou=
gh Jacob=20
seems a bit slow on the upbeat for years, eventually Jacob figures out what=
=E2=80=99s=20
going on as well.  Can we?  A key clue here is the odd name =E2=80=9CJoseph=
=E2=80=9D.
=20
If we can understand the explicit puns on the names of Jacob=E2=80=99s sons,=
 we can=20
understand the Patriarchal narratives.=20
=20
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois




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