Dear dutchservant and Group, I submit that: 1) no, the Masoretes did not apply the accents in the 9th century or even the 4th century, for: a) the simple yet...
Does anyone on the list know of any? [Great question, Truthseeker! As far as I know, there are none. Unless perhaps Jehu was once *Yahhuu', or Joshua was...
Dear friends, A quick one! I may have discovered a way in which Yahwa(y)-natan forms could become yhonatan. I am suggesting that ProtoHebrew -wa- can become...
Dear Solomon and Dave, Welcome to the discussion! May it continue to interest you! Thanks very much for your input! ... I welcome all to give their thoughts...
Dear Garth and Group: Greetings! I must make this brief, as this is the end of a long day and another long one begins tomorrow. Garth, you wrote: [Blessings...
On Page 141 of Gerard Gertoux's Book: The Name of God Y.EH.OW.AH Which Is Pronounced As It Is Written I_EH_OU_AH ... Later, a change becomes noticeable in the...
Dear Dave, Well, for one thing, if the JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA's editors or authors thought that YHWH MUST be either Yahweh or Yahaweh, then they overstated their...
http://au.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/YHWHgroup/photos?m At the link above the following three YHWHgroup photo albums exist: 1. Clement's Greek Stromata Book V....
Check out the whole thread: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-hebrew/2006-June/028744.html [When a writer like the one who wrote the post linked to above...
Dear all, I'm quite certain that the final h of YHWH is a matre, a vowel marker. If YHWH is derived from HWH, it is a matre. It seems to me the h mater...
Re: Halkin's use of the Pi`el and Pu`al to point and define YHWH: No, he doesn't make a verbal link between his pointings and the "Sacred Name", but there is...
Dear all, A lot of recent discussion has been around whether YHWH is 2 or 3 syllables. Is it possible that it was once 1 syllable? Over the past few days I've...
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-7/264290/BDBYahwehtrimmed.jpg The link above shows the definition of "YAH:WEH" as shown in the Brown Driver Briggs Lexicon....
In revisiting Abraham S. Halkin's "201 Hebrew Verbs" I note that he has the verb paradigm of HYH on page 66 and lists "Yehawweh"; as the pi'el HWWH, "to form,"...
Dear Group, This Digest is chock full of information and comments, for which I thank you. Being as busy as I am, I can only deal with a few matters in any...
Dear Solomon, Thanks for clarifying your thoughts that: 1.. You believe YHWH is from HWH, 2.. Yahweh/Yahaweh should not be rejected just because HWH is not...
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-7/264290/1863Smithsoniaou.JPG The image in the link above is from Smith's 1863 "A Dictionary of the Bible". The image...
Big thanks to Truthseeker, who truly is a seeker! He has sought and found an online image of the Greek fragment supposedly from Leviticus 2-5 which has Greek...
Dear Truthseeker, I've been unable to find where the Septuagint uses IAW for God's name. Can you tell me where? Love from Garth Grenache, Moderator....
If we review the various ways that the Hebrew YHWH was rendered into the Greek language by some of the early writers, we can see that there are variables in...
Dear all! Thanks to Truthseeker for bringing up the 'four vowel' theory for discussion: This theory is based on Josephus' statement: "in which was engraven the...
Dear all, Solomon has asked an important question: Maybe God's name is unique and cannot be explained by usual Hebrew grammar? Maybe it is not from HWH?...
Thanks Dave!! for sharing your in-depth research on Clement's transcription of "the mystic name", and for referring us to accessible online sources: "Further,...
Please check my statements, and let me know if anyone believes that there are errors in fact: Earlier, in the first century, Flavius Josephus, a Jewish...
quote: Originally the Samaritans or Shamerim (keepers, as they call themselves)were divided into two groups, Dosithean and Sabbuai. The Sabbuai later became...
Though it appears logical that YHWH is from the old Semitic root HWH, might the form (and thus, the meaning) of the Name be unique? In other words, since YHWH...
