Onomastic synthesis Claim · LinguisticC03
Hebrew personal names preserve prefix Yeho-/Yo- and suffix -yahu/-yah traditions.
- Epistemic status
- Reconstruction onomastic_synthesis
- Support level
- High as recorded by the editors
- Topic
- Linguistic
Caveat. Masoretic vowels may differ from older speech and some spellings are regionally conditioned.
Supporting or contextual sources
- Personal Names in Judah in the Iron Age IIHigh reliabilityYigal Levin et al. / journal article · Journal of Semitic Studies 62(1):19ff · 2017Supports or contextualizes · See source scope and caveats
- On the Emergence of the Short Form -יה in Hebrew NamesHigh reliabilityScholarly contributor · Journal of Semitic Studies 66(2):293ff · 2021Supports or contextualizes · See source scope and caveats
- Diversity in Classical Biblical Hebrew (onomastic chapter)Medium reliabilityCambridge University Press contributor · Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures · 2024Supports or contextualizes · See source scope and caveats
Pronunciations that cite this claim
YahuwahRelated, not proofYahSupportsDiscussion
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