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
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