Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - Re: YHWH vs. Yahweh

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Jack Kilmon <jkilmon AT historian.net>
  • To: "yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: YHWH vs. Yahweh
  • Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 11:32:15 -0500




yahua'sef wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 May 1999, Rolf Furuli wrote:
> > As to pronunciation, I thought for many years that something close to
> > Yahweh was likely. But after reading G. W. Buchanan, "Some Unfinished
> > Business With the Dead Sea
> > Scrolls," Revue de Qumran, 1988, 13:49-52 I changed my mind, and believe
> > that a pronunciation close to Yahowah is more likely. I recommend this
> > article.
>
> Shalom Ya Achi Rolf:
>
> Why do you think there exists such widespread denial that the name
> revealed in ha-TNKH cannot be anything but 'Yahweh'? Is it because many
> have not cross referenced their work with the DSS and other ancient
> writings? WHat do you think it will take to standardize the pronunciation
> of 'Yahowah' in the modern scholastic world?

Joe:

The plain fact is that there is no hard evidence on the pronounciation
of the Tetragrammaton. It is as likely to be an acronym for a longer
name. The records speak of a 12 letter and even a 72 letter name.
The a-o=a vowel sounds were borrowed from "adonai" to construct what
is basically a nonsense word "yehovah" for the comfort of non-Jews.

There will be no "standardization" in the scholastic world simply
because
this is uncertain from a linguistic or orthographic standpoint.

Jack

--
______________________________________________

taybutheh d'maran yeshua masheecha am kulkon

Jack Kilmon
jkilmon AT historian.net

http://www.historian.net




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page