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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: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:36:08 +0100

On 02/08/2005 21:53, Vadim Cherny wrote:

...

You have asserted this many times, but you have not provided one scrap
of evidence.



a. No one would declare vowelization of a common verb secret
b. Why use Aramaic root?
c. Since all letters in yhwh are special cases, vowelization of the verb is
uncertain and any standard reading has problems
d. Greeks could not hear yhwh verb as Iao; in a parallel case of Jehu, the
minimal transliteration is Iou, with o for he; Greeks heard he when it is
the only consonant; alpha in Iao could only come from he, which is only
possible if he is mater lectionis, and YHW is a construct, not a word
e. The verb hypothesis doesn't straightforwardly explain YaH/ YaHu/ YaHo
forms
f. Plural suffixes are likewise construed of possessive suffixes
g. Why use future tense or imperfect; "he shall exist" is not immediately
meaningful
h. Matres lectionis are a sufficiently important development to embed them
in the divine name
i. YHW as "I, thou, he" makes sense philosophically
j. Since the verb ihie is common, a major prohibition of pronouncing the
name in vain becomes meaningless


Not one of these items of evidence bears any weight at all. This horse is dead because you have been feeding it only with hot air, no substance. So I will stop beating it by trying to answer you.

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Peter Kirk
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