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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Vadim Cherny <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciation
  • Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:47:37 +0100

On 04/08/2005 14:12, Vadim Cherny wrote:


Vadim, this is not true. If by "Jews" you mean people speaking from Jewish
tradition, then Jewish tradition does not have a vocalization of the
Tetragrammaton, and cosiders it forbidden to pronounce. And I know of no
Jewish source that understands the Tetragrammaton as anything but a proper
noun.

That there are individual Jews, including perhaps some on this list, who
have concluded that YHWH is a verb and that it may have been vocalized in
one way or another, is their privelage. None of them speak for Jewish
tradition.


I meant only common pronunciation, which corresponds to niphal. It is not
the only one, but quite common.


Which common pronunciation corresponds to Niphal? I have not heard anyone propose anything like the probable Niphal form Yehawe (in which the first vowel must be a full tsere, not a sheva).

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Peter Kirk
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