Gad Barnea

That's out of the question, yeah. But we don't know exactly what it means. I mean, of course, there is a much later folk etymology for it, which just means to be. And we find that, of course, in the book of Exodus. But that's a much later folk etymology for the name that explains it as a name of existence.

But after these two, after Soleb and Amara West in what is modern-day Sudan, we don't hear of this name until the 9th century, the late 9th century. in some stelas like the Mishah stela and the Tel Dan stela. And Tel Dan is interesting because it also has one of these theophoric names in it with Yahweh. And so these are, so for a long time we don't, it goes off the radar and then comes back.

But after these two, after Soleb and Amara West in what is modern-day Sudan, we don't hear of this name until the 9th century, the late 9th century. in some stelas like the Mishah stela and the Tel Dan stela. And Tel Dan is interesting because it also has one of these theophoric names in it with Yahweh. And so these are, so for a long time we don't, it goes off the radar and then comes back.

But after these two, after Soleb and Amara West in what is modern-day Sudan, we don't hear of this name until the 9th century, the late 9th century. in some stelas like the Mishah stela and the Tel Dan stela. And Tel Dan is interesting because it also has one of these theophoric names in it with Yahweh. And so these are, so for a long time we don't, it goes off the radar and then comes back.

And what's interesting is in the 8th century BCE, we have a person by the name of Yahweh Bedi One of the most fascinating characters, we don't know a lot about this person, but what we do know is absolutely fascinating. He's mentioned in the Neo-Assyrian inscriptions as a king, as a Hittite. And Hittite means that he comes from modern-day Turkey, southern Turkey, maybe the border with Syria.

And what's interesting is in the 8th century BCE, we have a person by the name of Yahweh Bedi One of the most fascinating characters, we don't know a lot about this person, but what we do know is absolutely fascinating. He's mentioned in the Neo-Assyrian inscriptions as a king, as a Hittite. And Hittite means that he comes from modern-day Turkey, southern Turkey, maybe the border with Syria.

And what's interesting is in the 8th century BCE, we have a person by the name of Yahweh Bedi One of the most fascinating characters, we don't know a lot about this person, but what we do know is absolutely fascinating. He's mentioned in the Neo-Assyrian inscriptions as a king, as a Hittite. And Hittite means that he comes from modern-day Turkey, southern Turkey, maybe the border with Syria.

But he is a Hittite, according to the inscriptions, who is the king of Hamat, an Aramean city in modern-day Syria. And so he is a Hittite who rules an Aramean city, a non-Hittite city. And his name is Yaw Bidi. Now, the first component of the name, Yaw,

But he is a Hittite, according to the inscriptions, who is the king of Hamat, an Aramean city in modern-day Syria. And so he is a Hittite who rules an Aramean city, a non-Hittite city. And his name is Yaw Bidi. Now, the first component of the name, Yaw,

But he is a Hittite, according to the inscriptions, who is the king of Hamat, an Aramean city in modern-day Syria. And so he is a Hittite who rules an Aramean city, a non-Hittite city. And his name is Yaw Bidi. Now, the first component of the name, Yaw,

is clearly the name of the deity yahoo because in us in the acadian language there are um determinatives there are like little drawings next to words that make sure that you understand what the meaning is this is a person this is a deity it identifies uh so a lot of these ancient languages had identifiers like that or determinatives like that that deter that told you if this is

is clearly the name of the deity yahoo because in us in the acadian language there are um determinatives there are like little drawings next to words that make sure that you understand what the meaning is this is a person this is a deity it identifies uh so a lot of these ancient languages had identifiers like that or determinatives like that that deter that told you if this is

is clearly the name of the deity yahoo because in us in the acadian language there are um determinatives there are like little drawings next to words that make sure that you understand what the meaning is this is a person this is a deity it identifies uh so a lot of these ancient languages had identifiers like that or determinatives like that that deter that told you if this is

If we're talking about the person, the people group, or a deity.

If we're talking about the person, the people group, or a deity.

If we're talking about the person, the people group, or a deity.

Wow. Next to the noun. And so here we see that there's the dingir. It's called dingir, the terminative that means that this is a deity. So that the Yau component in his name is clearly the name of the deity. But he's not Judean. He's not Israelite. He's not even Canaanite, right? This guy is a Hittite, right? from modern-day southern Turkey, who was king of an Aramean city somehow.

Wow. Next to the noun. And so here we see that there's the dingir. It's called dingir, the terminative that means that this is a deity. So that the Yau component in his name is clearly the name of the deity. But he's not Judean. He's not Israelite. He's not even Canaanite, right? This guy is a Hittite, right? from modern-day southern Turkey, who was king of an Aramean city somehow.

Wow. Next to the noun. And so here we see that there's the dingir. It's called dingir, the terminative that means that this is a deity. So that the Yau component in his name is clearly the name of the deity. But he's not Judean. He's not Israelite. He's not even Canaanite, right? This guy is a Hittite, right? from modern-day southern Turkey, who was king of an Aramean city somehow.

And he is a Yahwist. I mean, he is, for all intents and purposes, Jewish in that sense. I mean, proto-Jewish. Yahwism is not synonymous with Judaism, and I'm sure we'll get to that. But he is clearly a Yahwist. And that is fascinating.