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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Vadim Cherny <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciation
  • Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:26:36 +0100

On 02/08/2005 17:46, Vadim Cherny wrote:

Iod is pronounced as a vowel in 3ms FT, and there is no evidence
whatsoever that it ever was pronounced as consonant, at least as 3ms FT
prefix.
If you are inclined to dwell into this issue, it is my belief that iod in
3ms FT is mater lections derived from he in 3ms nouns. A similar process
made iod 2fs FT suffix where we could expect he.

No Hebrew word, that is ZERO!, starts with a mater lectionis.


That is an assumption, not a fact.
Definite article, aleph in Aramaic, may be a contrary example.


It is not a counter example, because the he in the definite article is clearly pronounced. If you don't accept this, then provide me with a proper counter example.

...

A suffix is a suffix and cannot be separated off as part of a word. If
the final -iy suffix were to be written separately, it would need to be
prefixed with alef, as in the word 'iy = "island, coastland".


I don't see the point.


The point is simply that Hebrew words NEVER begin with vowels.


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