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of the letter of breathing nnn, from which, by a change of the second radical into ' or 1, the theme n'n and nin, and moreover the name ifflX and nin', are derived.
§ 5. In the same manner is formed PP' by 11 for n (as in njtp'y for nnD'y and iTEns for nnftns) and by n marked with the mappik :l for as from the final Pi is formed the middle n, in like manner from the middle n is formed the final Pi, as in Pij from HPO, and in other words, which Cocceius has well remarked upon in his Lexicon, col. 284.
§ 6. I obtrude this analysis upon the attention of no one : no one, however, will readily deny, that He, Who is, is called Pi** ; and that remains firm, even though you should derive it with Hiller from VP, the future ; for the phrase, xa/ 6 sp^ofisvoc, has already be- fore been given for the pause (close of the formula) : see above on ch. xi. 17. In the three clauses, 6 xai 6 d)i/ y.a) 6 sp^o/xsvog, the times had to be accurately distinguished ; but when the PP is found separately, the derivation from VP does not remove the force of pre- sent time, as is seen in so many proper names of men. The Lxx. use the name, 6 d)v, Exod. iii. 14, and (where there was less occasion for it) Jer. i. 5 (6), xiv. 13, xxxii. 17 : .and PP itself has the same meaning as 6 u)v, Euthymius explaining it in Fuller, Miscell. pp. 486, 487. Add Dmsius on this passage.
§ 7. That the name PP is not curtailed from the name nin), is evi- dent from this, that JPPP is used much more frequently than PP, and that it is quoted sometimes jointly PiirP PP.
§ 8. As God commanded by Moses that He should be called PijPP, immediately upon the very coming out of Egypt, the name PP was also introduced in the Song of Moses, Exod. xv. 2, in these words : nyi*^ VP1 PP motl Vy, where, from a most present feeling of that most saving Divine work, the Lord is called PP, 6 uv. Hence this name is quoted only in Songs. Isaiah is in harmony with the Song of Moses, introducing the people thus speaking : m»n Vy '3 nyisy'S *b vpi nin' n', ch. xii. 2. The same has '3 ny ny nm'n inton D'D^iy niv nin' n'3, ch. xxvi. 4. But in both passages Isaiah at the same time exhorts to trust in God for the future, and on this ac- count he calls the Lord nin' and nin' n', and by this very circum- stance he teaches us the difference between the two names.
§ 9. God is called n', because He is ; He is called nin', because He will be, and Is and Has : He is called nin' n', because, for in-
1 The tittle in “ final, making the letter emphatic, which otherwise would be quiescent. — E.