Dear Rolf, The root HWH is attested in Aramaic at least since the eighth century (KAI) with the same meaning as the biblical HYH. In fact a few cases of the Aramaic form are preserved in the HB, compared with thousands of cases of the standard HYH. With the exception of the medial consonant, they are quite similar.
Therefore I am at a complete loss to understand when you state: "..... And continuing the line of uncertainty, we do not know whether there is a wordplay (similarity of sounds) between the use of HYH in Exodus 3:14 and the name YHWH in 3:15. We do not even have any clues that could suggest that there was a connection between the verb HYH and YHWH." Best, Uri Hurwitz Wilmington, VT _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
