My Name Forever - Ancient Hebrew Research Center

My Name Forever 17
Ecc. 11:3
tU vh o J
sham y’hú(t)
y’hú(t)
tU vh
Michaiah
Uvhfh n
MikháY’hu
# y’hú
U vh # Y’hú(v)
vU vh ´ Y’hú
U vh ´ Y’hu
Uvh
55. This leads us to understand the pointing Y’hó I vh and Yáhu Uvh within other men’s names as
modifications. In both cases the unaccented syllables are the authentic ones. Both unaccented syllables
are found together in the unaccented Y’hu Uvh at the end of MikháY’hu Uvhfh n (Michaiah). The Name,
therefore, is not a “full form imperfect” like Yih’veh (Yih’weh) vu vh or Yeheveh (Yeheweh) vuvh. If it
were, what need would the scribes have had to change the pronunciation of the “shortened” imperfect
Y’hú U vh to Y’hó I vh and Yáhu Uvh in the majority of proper names? If his Name was Yih’veh (Yih’weh)
vu vh or Yeheveh (Yeheweh) vuvh the shortened form Y’hú U vh would have been all the change necessary
to keep it from being spoken in keeping with Rabbinical tradition. And yet it is readily apparent that the
“shortened” form has been altered. That speaks volumes in and of itself.
56. But it does not tell us why the name “Michaiah” is not pointed consistently. Why the
ambivalence? Why is it written now as MíkhaYáhu Uvhfh n, and now as MikháY’hu Uvhfh n? Could it be
that the scribes who pointed the text, in those places where it reflects the actual verbal form, wanted to be
sure that his Name indeed endured “forever,” to “all generations,” at least in a few places? Could it be
that the name Michaiah was chosen to carry this honored distinction because his name means, “Who Is
Like vU vh?” Regardless of exactly why, when all the witnesses have been questioned, there it is, the
Name above all names. It is available to seekers of every generation, embedded in the name MikháY’hu
Uvhfh n and in the text of Ecc. 11:3.
57. I would like to know why this phenomenon has not been entered into the equation. Why has this
information not made it into any discussions about his Name? Is it not applicable? Is it not pertinent? If
not, why?
58. I have one further observation to make. In each instance where the Name is represented as Y’hó
I vh, it is at the beginning of the man’s name. The authentic, unaccented Y’- -h is the first syllable. In each
instance where the Name is represented as Yáhu Uvh, it is at the end of the man's name. The authentic,
unaccented -hu Uv- is the last syllable. Perhaps it contains a riddle?
vU vh is the beginning and the end, the first and the last.