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 Dear List-Members: This is just a comment that if someone wants to follow up on it could make a more detailed study. There was the claim made that Uriah was the first person listed in Tanakh who had a name ending in the theophoric -YH or -YHW. Karl W. Randolph. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
