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  • From: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Theophoric names
  • Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:56:26 -0800 (PST)

   
    Karl,

   What about Moses' mother YKBD, Yocheved, where the theophoric element of
the name is the prefix?  By tradition David and his court follow Moses by
many centuries.

The prefix YW- or YHW is quite common in such names, though in most
yahwistic personal names the  divine name appears as a suffix. It does not
change the meaning. Cf.  Jonathan and N'tanyahu.

  The suffixes -YHW or -YH  have the same meaning; the first suffix is most
prevalent in pre-exilic inscriptions such as seals or bullae. The second is
exclusive in post-exilic inscriptions.

  A similar trend appears in biblical texts, but more gradually.

 
Uri Hurwitz




Dear List-Members:

This is just a comment that if someone wants to follow up on it could make
a more detailed study.

There was the claim made that Uriah was the first person listed in Tanakh
who had a name ending in the theophoric -YH or -YHW.


Karl W. Randolph.












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