Message: "Are Micah and Michael related?"

Are Micah and Michael related?

by Anthony Youssef

3/27/2015, 5:44 AM

They both mean exactly the same thing.

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- Sabertooth +2

3/27/2015, 6:22 AM

Micah is a contracted form of Michaiah, "Who is like Yah?" (YAH is a contracted form of YAHWEH.)

Michael means "Who is like God?"

This message was edited 3/27/2015, 6:58 AM

- Anthony Youssef +1

3/27/2015, 7:39 AM

But aren't Yahweh and El the same?

- Sabertooth

3/27/2015, 5:48 PM

QuoteBut aren't Yahweh and El the same?

It is the same Person, true,* but the former is (an estimate of) His proper Name.

I can refer to you as Anthony or the OP (of this thread). Both are correct and identify the same person, but they are semantically different, a valid distinction in etymology > onomastics.

*Your point is valid in a Theological discussion, but these discussions are linguistic in nature.

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