Re: Are Micah and Michael related?
in reply to a message by Anthony Youssef
Micah is a contracted form of Michaiah, "Who is like Yah?" (YAH is a contracted form of YAHWEH.)
Michael means "Who is like God?"
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
Michael means "Who is like God?"
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
This message was edited 3/27/2015, 6:58 AM
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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.