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Not the Name Alone: A Linguistic Study of Exodus 3:14–15
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Exodus 3:14–15 provide an answer to Moses’ question in v. 13, but with surprising unanimity scholars have concluded that v. 14 is the heart of the section due to the supposed significance of the name Yhwh for the determining Yhwh’s original character. This focus on v. 14 has led most scholars to overlook the fact that v. 15a is a second answer to the question, and that v. 15b presents two complementary, but distinct dimensions of the deity. In v. 15b, the demonstratives וזה … זה, the nouns שמי and זכרי, and the temporal adverbial compounds לעלם and לדר דר, each point toward two distinct referents: Yhwh and Elohim. The first clause highlights the timeless nature of Yhwh’s name, while the second clause underscores the need to memorialize Elohim as the God of the ancestors and future Israelite generations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- van Wolde, E. J.
- Affiliations
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- van Wolde, Ellen J.
- Venue
- Vetus Testamentum
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2021-05-05
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 4-5
- Pages
- 784-800
- ISSN
- 0042-4935 (ISSN-L)
- 1568-5330
- OpenAlex
- W3162975536
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Vetus Testamentum (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
- Keywords
- YHWH, Elohim, divine names, Moses, Hebrew syntax, demonstratives, temporal adverbials, divine attributes
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