Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

Four successive words starting Y,H,W,H would occur by chance about once
every 10,000 years, given that these letters are more common than average. I
guess that would mean several times in Esther. So one occurrence is no
indication of a deliberate acrostic. Same principle as debunking those Bible
Codes.

Peter Kirk

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Rocine [mailto:brocine AT earthlink.net]
Sent: 08 November 2000 17:17
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: YHVH in Esther


B-Haverim,

Speaking of Esther  ;-)  I have heard that the
tetragrammaton (YHVH) appears in acrostics in some texts.  I
don't see it in my BHS, nor do I see how it could be, except
for perhaps 5:4 Yabo' Hammelek Vehaman Hayyom.   Is the Name
there or not?

Shalom,
Bryan


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