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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Masoretic vocalization of the name
  • Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:03:40 +0300

> >Reading YHWH with Masoretic pointing yields more or less the same Iaoa as
the attested ancient pronunciations.
>
> This is not an attested ancient pronunciation. I have seen no ancient
> examples with a final A vowel, except for something like AIA.
>

I mean, sure, that Iaoa is more or less the same as Iao, likely Iao+hey.

Vadim Cherny





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