Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Uri:

I was specifically referring to the suffixes. Supposedly this list is from the official court records from David’s time, which is why I considered it significant. If it truly represents names at David’s time, then the theophofic suffix was already common at about 1000 BC, as well as later.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com> wrote:

   
    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