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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciation
  • Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 21:26:23 +0300

> 1) The Greek attestations of the name, which mostly end in -E, or -AI
> which was pronounced like a long "e".
>
> 2) The hypothesis that the name is derived from a form of the verb HWH,
> which would typically end in -e(h).

ai-e could be just a suffix of duality, modeled upon plural Elokim.
Clause 2) cannot explain e-ai shift, while the reverse shift, dual ai-e, is
likely.

Vadim Cherny





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