To: mc2499 AT mclink.it, b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu
Subject: Re: mwt in names
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:46:18 EST
In a message dated 4/4/2002 8:57:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mc2499 AT mclink.it writes:
These are strange and interesting data indeed.
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XCRMWT - GEN 10:26; 1 CHR 1:20
YRYMWT - 1 CHR 7:7 . . .
YRMWT OR RMWT - EZR 10:29
YRMWT - JOS 10:3 . . .
MRMWT - EZR 8:33 . . .
(ZMWT - 2 SAM 23:31 . . .
$LMWT - 1 CHR 24:22
$MWT - 1 CHR 11:27
$MYRMWT - 1 CHR 15:18
Here's a list of personal names
(Andrew Wergeland)
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I just came across a strange name in 1 Chr 6:25:
'xymwt, "death is my brother".
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Are there any more such mwt names that people know
of?
Ian
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Not really so strange in light of the custom of theophoric names in the ANE.
See Is 28.14-22. Also, read the article on "Mot (DEITY)" in the _Anchor
Bible Dictionary_.