Biblical Hebrew Forum

[stig.norin AT teol.uu.se (Stig Norin)]

An interesting thing is the holem point in the qere-writing of YHWH.
Sometimes there is an holem point, sometimes not. We have the same
phenomenon when YHWH is written as qere "Elohim" (In combination with
another Adonay). Sometimes holem sometimes not. Does it mean anything ot is
it just to facilitate the writing?

/Stig N
Uppsala

At 01.28 2001-05-02, Ben Crick wrote:
>On Mon 30 Apr 2001 (18:25:52), biblicalscribe AT hotmail.com wrote:
>>  Secondly, what is the linguistic reasoning
>> that assignes the vowels "a" (patach I believe) and "e" (sere I
>> believe) under the divine name, as opposed to other vowels?  Thanks!
>
> This is the "Qere' perpetuum": the standing substitution of the word
> 'a:DoNaY (my lord) for the Divine Name YHWH. To remind the reader not to
> try to pronounce the Divine Name, the vowels of the Qere' substitute are
> pointed into the consonants of YHWH. Thus Y:HoWaH is the composite form
> which was transliterated by the KJV translators as Jehovah. The gentile
> vocalization Yahweh probably comes from considering that the form YHWH is
> derived from the verb 'to be'; compare 'eH:YeH 'a:$eR 'eH:YeH in Exodus 
> 3:14.
> Put from the 1st person to the 3rd person, YaH:YeH 'a:$eR YaH:YeH. Then
> put an `ayin waw for an `ayin yod, and you get YaH:WeH.
>
> It is not as simple as that; but the above is what I was once told....
>
> Shalom
> Ben
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