Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

James:
Even in your examples below, the title does not change to be a name, rather
it continues to be a title even though it is understood from the context
that a particular lord, king or, in this chapter, God is meant.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:33 AM, James Christian
<jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2009/9/24 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
>
> >
>> > No, I still see it as a title, not a proper name.
>>
>> That it was even then considered a title can be seen in the closing verse
>> of
>> the section, 2:4, where the proper name, YHWH, was included with the
>> title,
>> and in the next section, 2:5–5:2 all mentions had both name and title.
>>
>>
> Ok. So you see יהוה אלהים as a formula something like King George where
> George is the name and King is the title. But wouldn't you agree that, even
> in English, titles can be used with the force of a name?
>
>
> James Christian
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