I. Name
The expression bĕqereb šānîm, occurring twice in Hab. 3.2 and traditionally rendered as ‘within years; in the midst of the years’ or the like (HALAT 1478), has been interpreted as referring to deities: ‘when the Exalted Ones are approaching …’ (Reider 1954; Wieder 1974) or as an epithet for Yahweh ‘The Exalted One’ (Haak 1992). This proposal is connected with the interpretation of a Ugaritic epithet for El ab šnm which is then supposed to mean ‘Father of the Exalted Ones’.
II. Identity
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