Jim: On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 5:53 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Biblical Names Ending in -YH > **** ** > Prior to II Samuel, not a single individual character in the Bible has a > name that ends with -YH. By stark contrast, beginning with I Kings there > are dozens and dozens of Hebrew and Jewish west Semitic names ending in -YH > that honor YHWH. What happened in II Samuel to cause that sea change? > First of all, names ending in -YH and -YHW are alternate spellings for the same name. So you have to include MYKYHW Judges 17:1, 4 and CRWYH 1 Samuel 26:6. Two place names are also recorded, MRYH Genesis 22:2 and BZYWTYH Joshua 15:28, the former recognizing YHWH. > ** ** > In my opinion, the Bible accords King David the great honor of being the > first person to give one or more of his sons west Semitic names ending in > -YH that honor YHWH. II Samuel 3: 4. > Nope, see above. Further in 2 Samuel we find one of King Saul’s concubines was the daughter of )YH 3:7, )WRYH one of David’s contemporaries (many times in 2 Samuel), BNYHW son of YHWYD( another of David’s contemporaries (mentioned a few times) as well as %RYH the scribe 8:17. Go to 1 Chronicles, the first ten chapters are deadly to read—all they are are genealogies. So we find before David )YH 1:40, (ZRYH 2:8, CRWYH 2:16. > … We see dozens of names in I and II Kings that are west Semitic names > ending in -YH that honor YHWH, and there are dozens more such names in > later books of the Bible. > Dozens? Mostly the same people mentioned many times. > ** ** > But sad to say, the majority view of university scholars denies that > feel-good analysis entirely. Most university scholars say that the > un-named father of King David’s obscure scribe $RYH [II Samuel 8: 17] gets > the great Biblical honor of being the first person to give his son a west > Semitic name ending in -YH that honors YHWH. Can that be right? > No, see above. > ** ** > Who’s right about this: university scholars or me? > Neither. > ** ** > Jim Stinehart > Evanston, Illinois > > > Karl W. Randolph.
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