YHWH" In the table below, 13 theophoric names with "Yeho" have corresponding forms where the letters eh have been omitted. There is a theory by Christian Ginsburg that this is due to Hebrew scribes omitting the "h", changing Jeho () into Jo (), to make the start of "Yeho-" names not sound like an attempt to pronounce the Divine Name.Scott Jones, Jehovah Referring to other gods Jerubbaal, the alternate name of Gideon, variously translated as "Baal will contend" Jezebel: "glory to Baal" Ishbaal: "man of Baal" Balthazar and Belshazzar (Babylonian): "Baal, protect the king" Abijam: "my father is Yam" Shalmaneser (Assyrian): "Shulmanu is foremost" Sennacherib (Assyrian): "Sîn has replaced the brothers" Pygmalion (Phoenician via Greek): "Pummay has given" Nebuchadnezzar (in Babylonian: Nabu-kudurri-usur): "Nabu, watch over my heir" Mordecai: "from Marduk" Ben-Hadad: in Hebrew means "son of Hadad", but his original Aramaic name is Hadadezer: "Hadad is help" Mark: "dedicated to Mars" Theophoric names containing "Baal" were sometimes "censored" as -bosheth = "shameful one", whence Ishbosheth etc. References External links Gonzalo Rubio, Gods and Scholars: Mapping the Pantheon in Early Mesopotamia in Beate Pongratz-Leisten (ed.), Reconsidering the Concept of Revolutionary Monotheism'', Eisenbrauns 2011 Lexicon of Greek Personal Names Ogden Goelet, "Moses' Egyptian Name" When Can Muslims Use the Name Mohammed?: Plus, why don't English speakers name their children Jesus? by Michelle Tsai Given name types Greek words and phrases Names Onomastics Religious practices