Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>]

RE: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciationNo, Iao can't be verb YHWH, since he was 
likely pronounced then, at least in Clement's mileau. Anyway, that verb 
cannot be pronounced as Iao by anyone who knows Hebrew.

Vadim Cherny

  IAO is evidently a transliteration of YaHoW which could
  well be a shortened form of YaHoWaH (the origianl verb).

  Furthermore, this shortened form is well attested in
  theophoric components of many hebrew names where it is
  reasonably assumed that the correct has been preserved to
  the extent that evolution of pronuniciation permits.

  Therefore, I find your argument to be weak.


  -----Original Message-----
  From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Vadim Cherny
  Sent: Fri 7/29/2005 8:01 AM
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  Subject: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciation

  I still got no reply. Guess no one here could explain why do you discuss 
vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, though it is clearly and widely attested 
by ancients as Iao. Doesn't seem to me like a standard of honest scholarship: 
you simply disregard hard evidence when it doesn't fit your preconceptions. 
Iao cannot be a verb, so forget Iao. That kind of reasoning?

  Vadim Cherny
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