1. Hebrew uses the "generic theophoric" name EL, from the root L,
'up, high, elevate'.
2. It is possible that the IYR (plural: IYRIYN) of Daniel 4:14(17)
refers to an exalted being.
3. The "theophoric" R (for OR, 'light'?) appears also in A$ER and
ISRAEL. The last name is, methinks, the "theophoric" compound S+R+L.
4. Earlier biblical names are unique and need not be "attested
historically". It is only today, that every second xeider boy is
called Moishik, if not Mendl.
5. The TRAPIYM that LABAN kept at home had possibly all "theophoric",
or positive, names such as AB, AX, AG, A$, AL, AR, AD, AZ, AM, AN,
from which new names were made by combinations, namely DAN = AD+AN, A
$ER = A$+ER, GAD = GA+AD, etc.
6. You have the right to believe that Abraham is an editorial
creation, with an official editorial etymology.
7. I have the right to believe that ABRAHAM is related to the Indian
Brahmin, with an added initial A.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Mar 10, 2013, at 9:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Isaac Fried:
I hope your post means that you agree with my central assertion.
I-F the resh/R in the middle of the name "Abraham" is a generic
theophoric, then the name )B R HM is self-explanatory, being e-x-a-
c-t-l-y what Genesis 17: 5 says it means.
The frequent scholarly claim that the Biblical author of Genesis
17: 5 allegedly didn't know what the name "Abraham" means should be
rejected outright. In fact, the Biblical author of Genesis 17: 5
c-r-e-a-t-e-d the name "Abraham". Such name is never attested
historically, even though his birth name Abram, and slight
variations thereon, are historically attested all over the place.
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois
-----Original Message-----
From: Isaac Fried <[email protected]>
To: jimstinehart <[email protected]>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <[email protected]>
Sent: Sun, Mar 10, 2013 8:47 pm
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Name Abraham
You are right, the only question being is what is "theophoric". It
is reasonable to assume that R is thephoric,
as well as H, which is but mild X, as in היה HAYAH versus חיה
XAYAH, and which appears
in the name revealed (and explained) to Moses in the desert. In
other words, every consonant
(a uniliteral root) is a theophoric name for this or that theos
residing in the vast pantheon of the human mind.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Mar 10, 2013, at 1:54 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Genesis 17: 5 is self-explanatory as to the meaning of )B R HM,
once one realizes that the interior resh/R there is used as a
generic theophoric.
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