Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Without the yod, it becomes )LHM which means “unto them”. A quick survay of 
the 100+ times )LHM revealed not once was it used for Elohiym with the 
omission of the yod. This is using the present, but unpointed, text.

That doesn’t rule out finding an extra Biblical text or ancient MSS that 
omits the yod, only that in all the examples that we have, the yod is never 
omitted.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: David P Donnelly <davedonnelly1 AT juno.com>

> In Genesis 1:1 in the Masoretic text, Elohiym has a Hireq Yod.
> 
> I assume that there are no Dead Sea Scrolls that have vowel points,
> but in the Dead Sea Scrolls,
> does Elohiym have a Yod,
> which is being used as a vowel-letter for the vowel “i”?
> 
> If in the Dead Sea Scrolls,
> Elohiym does have a Yod,
> which is being used as a vowel-letter for the vowel “i”,
> is there any older extant Hebrew text, 
> where Elohiym is written without a Yod?
> 
> Dave Donnelly
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