Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

A Hebrew personal name is not a grammatically structured word. YOSEP  
need not be from the root YSP, but is reasonably the compound YO-SEP  
with the theophoric component YO = YA, as in YA-AQOB.
One may equally well partition BENYAMIYN as BEN-YA-AMIYN.
I can hardly see a mother in her right mind calling her child Son-of- 
my-right-hand (hand made?), or Look-a-son, or He-will-laugh, ect.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 25, 2011, at 7:29 PM, jimstinehart AT aol.com wrote:

>  “Son of my Right Hand” -- Ben-Jamin