[b-hebrew] Masoretic vocalization of the name
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Wed Sep 14 07:54:00 EDT 2005
@ Vadim:
I think that tradition came from the qere as opposed to the ketive of the text. The vowel letters in the divine name were to remind the reader to speak adonai, when they came to the divine name.
If you have a BHS, the vowels that surrond the divine name are unpronouncible, and are meant to be that way. Supposedly there are some other MSS manuscripts with a holem/vav instead of just a vav, which makes it look even more like adonai than even in our BHS.
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Kelton Graham
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> It is usually assumed that the Masoretes intentionally changed the vocalization
> of YHWH on the model of Adonai.
>
> What is the basis of this opinion? Is there any contemporary evidence of such
> assertion?
>
> Reading YHWH with Masoretic pointing yields more or less the same Iaoa as the
> attested ancient pronunciations.
>
> Vadim Cherny
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