Re: Non-constructed religions
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 10, 1998, 0:23 |
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On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 17:00:50 -0500 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
>The most accepted theory (with tons of evidence - transliterations
>into
>other ancient languages (ones that used vowels), the theophoric (a
>form
>used in names), and other pieces of evidence) that the Name was
>pronounced Yahweh, which would be the causative form, thus "He causes
>to
>be" or "He causes to become".
>
But it can't be causative....the causative paradigm in the present tense
begins with a *mem*...mashpil, moshiv, molikh, mazkir, mag`il..... (to
lower, to bring back, to guide, to remind, to disgust).
The root of "to be" in Hebrew is HYH. It's conjugation as a causative
singular male present-tense verb (a.k.a. noun) would most probably be (if
there was such a thing in modern hebrew) *mahaveh.
-Stephen (Steg)
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