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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:24:38 -0800 (PST)
Hi, Isaac!
Is there a general phonetic rule behind these transformations? Is there evidence of a tendency in Ancient Hebrew for the personal pronoun ANIY to be shortened to E in nouns like this? Could the derivation of HIY from HYH be explained according to a broader rule?
Sorry if the questions sound stupid!
Best regards,
Norman Cohn
São Paulo - Brasil
De: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> Para: cornelis den hertog <cok17 AT hotmail.com> Cc: " Enviadas: Domingo, 6 de Janeiro de 2013 14:18 Assunto: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you
It occurs to me to add that the E in Ehyeh is evidently the shortened personal
pronoun אני ANIY attached to the act HYH, which I think is a forerunner of the
personal pronoun היא HIY. In the same way, HWH appears to me to be
the
forerunner of הוא HU. Thus I see a possible link between EHYH and YHWH,
a link that the bible in Ex. 3:14 possibly tries to imply, albeit, circumspectly and obliquely.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jan 4, 2013, at 9:54 AM, cornelis den hertog wrote: