Biblical Hebrew Forum

[cornelis den hertog <cok17 AT hotmail.com>]

Dear Bryant and other readers,

 

Thanks for your reply. Perhaps I may indicate that your interpretation of Exod 6.3 is not so self-

evident. In particular the view that the name Yhwh is supposed to be unknown before (see your

post of 7 Jan., if I understand it well) is not so obvious. Read some major commentaries about

Exodus and you may find support for your view but also a contestation of it (Childs, OTL, 1974;

Benno Jacob, 1992; Houtman, HCOT, 1993; Propp, AB, 1999). However, I did not and I do

not want to start a discussion about Exod 6.3 because in my view that would carry us too far

away from Exod 3.13-15. Nevertheless, Exod 6.3 manifests an idea that may also be relevant

for Exod 3.13-15: a particular revelation corresponds to / is 'covered' by a particular divine name.

In this connection one may also refer to Gen 16.13. With reference to the divine intervention she

experienced Hagar says: ‘You are El Ro-i’. I still wonder whether there are not also examples

of this phenomenon in neighbouring cultures.

 

Cornelis den Hertog

 

 

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From: bjwvmw AT com-pair.net
To: cok17 AT hotmail.com; if AT math.bu.edu
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:06:16 -0800

Dear Cornelius,

 

You said,

Bryant Williams wants to read the request in the light of Exodus 6.

 

Bryant says:

I am only indicating that the the LORD makes that statement explicit in 6:3. Now, I would have

understood the statement in 2:14 to naturally infer a human authority not a divine authority;

although one possibly could also infer a divine authority; and thus, Matthew Henry would draw that

implication.

 

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III