Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>]

Just think what would happen if you read Deut. 6:4 without the guttural
ayin (something that has happened in various stages of the Hebrew
language) and confusing the daleth of the last word with a resh (a
typical scribal error both in palaeo-Hebrew and the Aramaic script):

Perhaps, O Israel, YHWH our God, is another YHWH?
Or:
Perhaps, O Israel, YHWH our God, YHWH is another?

Also, the enlarged letters form the word 'ed, "witness", something quite
befitting a confession of faith.
Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel