Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>]

I received the following from a contact in Israel:

> Vav Holam may convey two meanings, either just a vowel or a consonant Vav
> with the vowel Holam. 
>
> Some typographers differentiate these two meaning, many do not. I don't now
> if there is any Masoretic basis for the distinction or if it is late, and
> whether it is consistently used in those texts that do make the distinction.
>  

I don't know either. Can someone answer this? There is a typographical 
distinction in the printed BHS (and an encoding distinction in the 
Michigan-Claremont-Westminster text. But is there actually a distinction 
in original MSS like L and Aleppo?


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