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change of het for hi, since the yod is preserved in the present
shape of Shiloh, which has no vaw that would be necessary
for the past participle Shaluh. Besides, I think the Septua-
gint has retained the Shiloh as it is. The only possible
change, therefore, would be of the final letter het into hi.
If such be the case, then the word would take the form of
Shiluah and correspond exactly to the "Messenger of Yah," the
very title given to Muhammad alone "Rasul Allah," i.e. "the
Messenger of God." I know that the term "shiluah" is also
the technical word for the "letter of divorce," and this be-
cause the divorced wife is "sent" away.
I can guess of no other interpretation of this singular
name besides the three versions I have mentioned.
Of course, it goes without saying that both the Jews and
Christians believe this blessing to be one of the foremost
Messianic prophecies. That Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth,
shape of Shiloh, which has no vaw that would be necessary
for the past participle Shaluh. Besides, I think the Septua-
gint has retained the Shiloh as it is. The only possible
change, therefore, would be of the final letter het into hi.
If such be the case, then the word would take the form of
Shiluah and correspond exactly to the "Messenger of Yah," the
very title given to Muhammad alone "Rasul Allah," i.e. "the
Messenger of God." I know that the term "shiluah" is also
the technical word for the "letter of divorce," and this be-
cause the divorced wife is "sent" away.
I can guess of no other interpretation of this singular
name besides the three versions I have mentioned.
Of course, it goes without saying that both the Jews and
Christians believe this blessing to be one of the foremost
Messianic prophecies. That Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth,