Uri: This I can attempt to answer:
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Uri Hurwitz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > HWH as a verb occurs only six times in Tanakh, according to a concordance—Genesis 27:29, Isaiah 16:4, Job 37:6, Qohelet 2:22, 11:3, Nehemiah 6:6. It appears it has a meaning more in line with setting up, putting someone in his place, not connected with being per se. (Personally I question the two times the verb ends with an Alep—Job 37:6, Qohelet 11:3—belong with the others in meaning.) Just because they are similar in form, doesn’t mean that they are the same in meaning. So without a paper trail connecting them (and there is none here) I don’t think we confidently can make the connection. > > 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." > > A thought came to mind as I was answering this question, could YHWH refer to the one who created the universe? I.e. “the Creator”? > > Best, > > Uri Hurwitz Wilmington, VT > > > Karl W. Randolph.
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