Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 24/09/2003 06:13, David P Donnelly wrote:

> I own a Facsimile Edition of the Leningrad Codex.
>
> I have been examining the Leningrad Codex 
> at both Genesis 3:14 
> and at Genesis 9:26
>
> In both of these verse in the BHS Text,
> YHWH is found in the Hebrew word #3068 form.
> [e.g. yod-simple shewa-he-holem-vav-qamets-he]
>
> In the BHS Text the holem is found at the top right of the vav
> in YHWH in the above two verses.
>
> In the Leningrad Codex the holem is found in the space between the vav
> and the first he in YHWH in the above two verses.
>
> A portion of the holem is above the top right of the vav.
> A portion of the holem is above the top left of the first he.
>  
This is the typical position of holam in the Leningrad codex, on any 
word, not just the divine name, and before any letter, not just vav. It 
is a later convention to shift holam to the left when followed by a 
silent vav and sometimes a silent alef, and to the right otherwise. And 
an even later one to confuse the two positions of holam on vav, in the 
vowel-only holam male (full holam or holam-vav combination) and the 
consonant-vowel sequence of vav followed by holam. See 
http://www.qaya.org/academic/hebrew/Issues-Hebrew-Unicode.html.

> Copyright laws prevent me from legally scanning these two verses 
> and sending them as e-mail attachments.
>  
Even small extracts for scholarly study purposes?

The images from L in 
http://www.qaya.org/academic/hebrew/Issues-Hebrew-Unicode.html were 
taken from extracts on other web sites. My scans from BHS are legal as I 
understand it.

> Dave Donnelly
>  


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