Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jack Kilmon <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

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

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