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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Masoretic invention, was: masorete pointing v's LLX transliterations
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:05:59 +0300

> >The Masoretes would not dream of changing anything or invent anything
new.
>
> Actually they did- the whole system they used to represent vowels. And
> sometimes they misunderstood things. Let's not forget that they made
> mistakes and their readings are sometimes faulty.
>
> No point divinizing them after all.

What mistakes?
They invented vowel signs, not sounds.

Vadim Cherny





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