Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David P Donnelly <davedonnelly1 AT juno.com>]

The HEBREW AND ENGLISH LEXICON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
[BROWN-DRIVER-BRIGGS]
[1951 Edition]
[Page 217]
contains a pointed form of the Tetragrammaton ,
that if it was to transliterated into English would be spelled
“Y-a-h-w-e-h”.
This form of the Tetragrammaton is preserved in no extant pointed Hebrew
text.
This form of the Tetragrammaton appears to have been reverse-engineered
sometime before 1906.
This form of the Tetragrammaton appears in the 1901-1906 Jewish
Encyclopedia.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view_page.jsp?pid=1&artid=52&letter=N
The dissection of this re-engineered Hebrew word is shown below:
Yod…………………………….……Y
Pathach under the Yod……………...A
He………………………………..…..H
Silent shewa under the He……..Syllable Break
Waw………………………………....W
Seghol under the Waw………………E
He……………………………….......H
This form of the Tetragrammaton also appears at the following site, in
larger Hebrew font:
It is labeled as "the presumed original pronunciation:"    YaHWeH
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/2/Judaism/name/


What does this Hebrew word mean as it is found in the Brown Driver Briggs
Lexicon?


Dave Donnelly