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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: "Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] yhwh pronunciation
  • Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:00:30 +0100

On 19/07/2005 17:53, Read, James C wrote:

I think it is fairly obvious from the context that I was referring to the 3rd masculine singular of the imperfect, with the prepended Yodh
as is normal. If not, my apologies.


Well, this was not obvious, but even this form is not trisyllabic, it is like YIQTOL which consists of two syllables, like YAHWEH which some consider to be taken from the 3rd person masculine singular "imperfect" of the verb HWH.


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