Chris Weimer

DWD - All of Ruth, all of 1/2 Samuel, very most of 1 Kings, all of 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 27.32, very most of Psalms, the one Proverbs verse, the one Ecclesiastes verse, all of Isaiah, all of Jeremiah, Ezekiel 34.24, 37.24, and the one Hosea verse

DWYD - 1 Kings 3.14, 11.4, very most of 1 Chronicles, all of 2 Chronicles, all of Ezra, all of Nehemiah, Psalms 122.5, the one Song of Songs verse, Ezekiel 34.23, the one Amos verse, and all of Zechariah

By first glance, it would seem that DWYD is the younger form, but what does that mean for 1 Kings...interpolation? And what about Ezekiel? Thoughts?

Ben C Smith

Add Ezekiel 37.25 to your list for דוד.

Perhaps דויד is the later form, as you mention, with the י inserted kind of as a vowel. Later books, such as Ezekiel, could still use the older דוד in an attempt to archaicize. Earlier books with דויד would be scribal misspellings (replacing the archaic spelling with the more familiar).

Just my thoughts.

Ben.

Imaginary Mark

Can someone explain what we're talking about?

Oh, ok. A google search seems to indicate that dwd and dwyd are different spellings of 'David'.

Chris Weimer

Oh sorry. I was noting the different spellings of David and perhaps that relates relatively to the dating of the Prophets and Writings (as David isn't mentioned explicitly in the Torah).

rob117

It's possible that they're just different spellings, with no implication of age. Like Jon and John for example.

spin

Here's a nice bit of trivia:

dwd and, by extension, dwyd, mean "beloved". The former however seems also to mean "uncle", so in 1 Chr 27:32, we find Jonathan is dwyd's dwd. Does this mean David's David, David's uncle or David's beloved?


spin

Chris Weimer

I think the obvious is more than answer, nips. However, what have you to say about the speculation above?