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 mrr mrr the combinations mil' 'JIN & ijnN TOT" (vid. iftfQ, and with prep, njn'3, nin^>, ni.TD (Qr ■il»3, 'pt6, *t&&), do not give the original form. © and other Vrss follow the Qr. On the basis of Ex 20' Lv 24" HIIT was regarded as a nomen ineffabile (vid. PHl deV "» K °"" tl - la9 - 529 ), called by the Jews B#n and by the Sa- maritans NO" 1 !?. The pronunciation Jehovah was unknown until 1520, when it was intro- duced by Galatinus ; but it was contested hy Le Mercier, J. Drusius, and L. Capellus, as against grammatical and historical propriety (cf. Bo' *). The traditional "la/3* of Theodoret and Epiphanius, the WJ", ~in^ of compound n.pr. and the contracted form iT, all favour njTC (cf. ptifcp ^74 6 ; ^H" Is33 n )> v.Lag B ' m114 Baudissin 8,udieoll79<r -; Tj r stud. Bib. i.nr. For Jeve V Sta ZAW lm ' Sm ]) e lb. 1884 173 f. A Gn. Excnn. II. 2. on liter, of interpret, v. Nes EgCT Dr 1 c — Many recent scholars explain niiT. as Hiph. of mn (^n'n) the one bringing into being, life- giver (cf. njn Gn 3 s0 ) Schr HSch ; giver of existence, creator, Kue Tiele ; he who brings to pass (so already Le Clerc), performer of his pro- mises, Lag, Nes E888 (but Nes E|M1 inclines to Qal as KS Mt - * For - K '' *"■ v. infr.) ; or from 0*1 he who causes to fall, rain or lightning ES OTJCedI423 ' on>-«i.2.*« c f. We*""" 1 "'; 'Faller,' destroying foes, Sta GL429 (dubiously). But most take it as Qal of nin (= fVn); the one who is: i.e. tfie absolute and unchangeable one, Ri ; the existing, ever-living, as self-consistent and un- changeable, Di ; or the one ever coming into manifestation as the God of redemption, De Oehl ; cf. also ES Br "- lForKTB,!,1S76, he will be it, i. e. all that his servants look for (cf. Ew '"*•), he will approve himself (give evidence of being, assert his being Dr lc17 )). I. mT is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3 12 ' 15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb, and is explained thus : "^V iTnK I shall be with thee (v 12 ), which is then implied in !TnN "IB'K rrns / shall be the one who will be it v 14 * (i. e. with thee v 12 ) and then compressed into iT^X v 14b (i.e. with thee v 12 ), which then is given in the nominal form ffiiT lie who will be it v 16 (i. e. with thee v' 2 ). Cf. Ew BTh " 837 ' 338 RS'- c - Proph - 3851 Other interpretations are : / am he who I am, i.e. it is no concern of yours (Le Clerc Lag r»u.Bi OT on.i M ^ . j am ^ tn j g is my m me), i n . asmuch as I am (X*K='?; AE JDMich "We IDThoi.MO-CM.p.HM.TJ) . jj; a J J am w}w J am> he who is essentially unnameable, inexplicable. — E uses miT sparingly by the side of DWN and DWKH in his subsequent narrative. The Ephraimitic writers in Ju S K use it in similar proportions. P abstains from the use of niiT until he gives an account of its revelation to Moses Ex 6 3 ; but subse- quently uses it freely. He gives no expla- nation of its meaning. He represents that ""H® ty was the God of the patriarchs. J uses mrr from the beginning of his narra- tive, possibly explaining it, Gn 21 33 by pN D?1J?, the evergreen tamarisk being a symbol of the ever-living God; cf. De Gn2i 33 . Else- where niiT is the common divine name in pre- exilic writers, but in post-exilic writers grad- ually falls into disuse, and is supplanted by D^rbti and ^IN. In Job it is used 31 t. in prose parts, and 12 9 (a proverb); not else- where in the poem. Chr apart from his sources prefers DWN and DWKn. Dn uses nin* only in chap. 9 (7 t.); Ec not at all. In the Elohistic group of 1/^42-83 it is used 39t. (see DWN). It occurs as the name of Israel's God MI 18. It is doubtful whether it was used by other branches of the Shemitic family, cf. COT Gn 2 4b Dl r * ,58ff - n r stud.Bib.i.7ff. II. 1. m.T is used with Dvfat and suf- fixes, especially in D; a. with *pn?K in the Ten Words Ex 20 2 -" (5 t.) = Dt 5 6 '- 16 '; in the lawofworshipof JE, Ex23 19 34 24 ' 26 ; inD234t.; Jos i 917 9 924 (D 2 ); elsewhere Gn 27 20 Ex 15 26 (JE), Ju6 26 ; S & K 20 t. 1 Ch 11 2 22 1112 2 Ch 9 8 - 8 16 7 Is 7 11 37" 41 13 43 3 5i 15 55 6 Je40 2 + (3t.) H012 10 13 4 14 2 Am 9 15 V81 11. b. with DfrfSfS in D 46 t.; D 2 28 t.; H 15 1.; P15T.: elsewhere Ex 23 s5 (E); 8 24 io 81617 (JE); Ju 6 10 1 S 12 1214 2 K 17 39 23 21 1 Ch 22 18 + (10 1. Chr) ^ 76 12 Je I3 16 + (5 t.) Ez 2O 6 - 7 - ,9S0 Jo2 13 + (6t.) Zc6 15. c. with IJVjSk inD23t; in D 2 5 1.; Ex 8 6 (JE) Ex 3 18 5 3 S 22 ' 23 io 2526 (E) Ju ii !4 1 S 7 8 1 K 8 6759 - 61 - 65 2 K 18 22 19 19 = Is 3 6 7 37 20, 1 Ch i3 2 +(i5 t. Chr) Mi 4 5 7 17 Is26 IS Je 3 22 + (i7t.) V20 8 90 17 (?; Baer *frf) 94 s3 5.8 .9.9 , 05 7 Io6 47 „ 3 6 I22 9 i 23 2 Dn plO.13.14 d.c. DiTnS? Ex io 7 (J)Ex2 9 46 - 46 Lv26 44 (P) Ju 3 7 8 M iSi2 9 "i K9 9 2 K if ■»■»■">■» 18 12 2 Ch 3 1 6 33 17 34 s3 Ne 9 3 - 3 ' 4 Je 3 21 22 9 30 9 43 1 - 1 50 4 Ez 2 8 26 34 M 39 a28 Hoi 7 3 5 7 10 Zp 2 7 Hag i 1212 Zc 9 16 io 6. e. with VnSs Nu 23 21 (E) Ex 32" (J) Lv 4" (P) Dt 17 19 18 7 1 S 30 6 1 K 5 17 11 4 15" 2 K5" 16 2 2 Ch i l + 13k Chr; Mi 5 3 Je 7* ^33 1J i44 15 146 6 Jon 2 2. f. with I^U Nu 22 ' 8 ( JE ) Dt 4 6 18 16 26" Jos i4 8 - 9 2 S 2 4 24 1 K 3 7 5 1819