To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Israel
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 23:50:07 +0300
Shalom Liz!
You wrote:
> As for Sarah, I would guess that the theophoic is missing,
> as every name in the ane had a theophoric. It is probably
> sariah, YHWH, or Yah, rules.
It's interesting that almost all names in Genesis do not have a theophoric
element. Doesn't this imply that these elements were never there?