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A theophoric name (Greek: "bearing a deity") embeds the name of a god, both invoking and displaying the protection of that deity. Instances of theophoric names embedding Apollo , will be familiar among the many men named ''Apollonios'' or ''Apollodorus'' in Greek Antiquity. Theophoric names were also exceedingly common in the Ancient Near East and Mesopotamia , where the personal name of an individual included the name of a god in whose care the individual is entrusted. The practice, called in Onomastics theophory, refers to this Naming convention of adding a God 's name (or the local equivalent of the generic term for ''god'') to an individual's proper name. JUDAISM AND BIBLICAL See Jehovah for the old controversy as to whether YHWH was pronounced "Yahweh" or "Yehowah". Here, "-hh" at the end of a word means Hebrew ''h'' with Mappiq , showing that that 'h' must be pronounced and is not a Mater Lectionis . Among the Biblical names that have developed this way are: Referring to God:
Referring to other gods:
Theophoric names in Baal were sometimes "censored" as ''-bosheth'' = "shameful one", whence Ishbosheth etc. Some names could be controversial political statements: '' Beliah '' can mean ''Baal is Yahweh'', '' Jael '' and '' Elijah '' can mean ''Yahweh is El'' (and vice-versa, respectively), while '' Jabin '' can mean ''Yahweh is the son''. Theophoric names with "Yeho" or "Yo" prefixes or "Yah" or "Yahu" suffixes "The name of the Israelite deity YHWH (usually shortened to Yah or Yahu) appears in many theophoric names of the First Temple Period, e.g., Yirme-yahu, Yesha-yahu, Netan-yah, Yedid-yah, Adoni-yah, Nekhem-yah. "Yahū" or "Yehū" is a common short form for " verb form, "Yahu" is its corresponding Preterite or Jussive short form: compare ''yiŝtahaweh'' (imperfective), ''yiŝtáhû'' (preterit or jussive short form) = "do obeisance". However, the name prefix, and the name means "He adds son to my family ". Some other examples of "y-" in biblical Hebrew names are also verb imperfectives. "Yeho" prefixes changed to "Yo" prefixes In the table below, 13 theophoric names with "Yeho" prefixes have corresponding forms (in bold type) where the letters "eh"' have been omitted. There is a theory by Christian Ginsburg that this is due to Hebrew scribes omitting the "h", changing Jeho () into Jo (), to make the start of "Yeho-" names not sound like an attempt to pronounce the Divine Name. Christian Ginsburg , Introduction To the Massoretico-Critical Edition Of The Hebrew Bible, p 369 and {Link without Title} Table of theophoric names with "Yeho" and "Yo" prefixes that theophoric names with "" [i.e. "Yo" are written in bold letters.]
Table of Theophoric names with "Yah" and "Yahu" suffixes
CHRISTIANITY
Some Christian saints have polytheistic theophoric names (such as Saint Mercurius , Saint Saturninus , Saint Hermes ). ISLAM HINDUISM One common type is a Hindu god's name with "-an" added, e.g. Radhakrishnan , Lakshmanan , Ganeshan . EXTERNAL LINKS
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