Dear Uri, A source that should not be overlooked is: J.D. Fowler, "Theophoric Personal Names in Ancient Hebrew: A Comparative Study," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement series 49. Sheffieød: Sheffield University Press. 1988. Fowler does not directly address the issue you mention, but her statistics are interesting.
Best regards, Rolf Furuli Stavern Norway Onsdag 2. Januar 2013 04:25 CET skrev Uri Hurwitz <[email protected]>: > Yigal, > > As Sancho Panza said, in Bialik's peerless version of Don Quixote, 'I would > sign what you said with two hands.' > > Just a couple of remarks. > On Yahwistic prefixes - these are much more common than the suffixes. As > for the name Yokheved (Alt's suggestion, if memory serves). This would mean > honor to Yahweh. That the root KBD was used in PNs is evident of the > deragotary ")iy KBWD" , as a name, 1 Sam 4:21, 14:3. > > Your statement that from inscriptions we know that "YHW was more common in > pre-exilic Judah, and YH in post-exilic Judah", is a very important element > in the continuing debate about diachronic development in the language of the > HB. Just to amplify this a bit: all pre-exilic inscriptional YHWH suffixes > end in -YHW (Ahituv). All post-exilic such names found in the inscriptions > end in -YH (Tal Ilan). > As for the names of the early kings of Judah and Israel -- have you seen > any discussion or attempted explanation on the absence of YHWH theophoric > elements? > > Uri Hurwitz > > > > > 1. Theophoric names that include the name of YHWH may also have Yahwistic > prefixes. As such, the first to have such a name was YEHOshua (Joshua), who > appropriately received his name from Moses (having previously been called > Hoshea). One might argue that Yochebed, mother of Moses, Yehudit, daughter of > Ishmael and Yehudah, son of Jacob also have such names, but that can be > debated. After Yehoshua, there is of course also Yehonatan (Jonathan) son of > Saul. > > > 2. YHWH can also be abbreviated as YW, YHW and YAH. From inscriptions, we > know that YW was more common in northern Israel, YHW was more common in > pre-exilic Judah, and YH in post-exilic Judah. The Bible, being a Judahite > book which was at least heavily edited in the post-exilic period, uses them > almost interchangeably, as in Yehonatan/Yonatan or Eliyahu/Eliyah (Elijah). > > > 3. While David may have had a son with a Yawhistic name, most early kings in > both Kingdoms did not, The first king in Judah to have a Yahwistic name was > Yehoshaphat, and the king who really popularized such names was none other > than Ahab, who called his sons Ahazyahu (Ahaziah) and Yehoram/Yoram (Joram). > From that time on, almost all of the kings in both kingdoms had Yahwistic > names. > > > Now please, what's your point? > > > > Yigal Levin > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
