Sam Wrote:
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In the Bible, we have the female leader
> Deborah, whose name in Hebrew is said to signify a
> "bee". Never the less, Like Abram, phonetically,
> her name is consistent with the Semitic root for
> speaker/words (dabarim). So might we be surprised
> to find that she is also described as a
> "Prophetess"? I am not aware of any other female
> figure of the Bible described as such. The
> traditional Hebrew leadership "triad" was the
> "King, Priest, and Prophet". With the l-dialect,
> we have the tephillah, or "song prayer". Followed
> by, you guessed it, the "Song of Deborah".

If you presume leadership was a triad, it follows that there should be several such triads over time, thus several prophetesses.

With a quick bit of searching in a NIV study bible, I found this:

Anna (Grace) - Lk2:36
Deborah (Bee/Wasp) - Judg4:4
Huldah - 2k22:14
Mirium - Ex15:20
Wife of Isaiah - Isa8:3
Noadiah - 6:14


Also, Rev2:20 speaks of someone named Jezebel who "calls herself a prophetess"

Also, I found your interpretations to provide more than a few fascinating parallels when you mention a King, a Priest, and a Prophet as a triad of government... I think I'll keep that in mind for some future storytelling