Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
> 
> On 27/09/2005 04:39, Read, James C wrote:
> 
> > ...
> >
> > Ya (cv) H: (cv) WeH (cv(c))
> >
> > ... but the form Yahweh as a bisyllabic word would seem 
> > to break the rules of the consonant/vowel structure of b-hebrew 
> > words.
> >
> >
> 
> ... there is a tendency in later editions of the Hebrew Bible
> to replace silent sheva under he and under other "guttural" consonants
> with a non-silent "composite sheva". But this is certainly not an
> argument that there was originally a vowel in the middle of the divine name.
> 
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/

The strongest argument for the trisyllabic pronunciation 
of the Divine Name comes from another source.

I would not be surprised if the Name was originally 
pronounced as "Ya-HoW-He" with the waw as a matere 
lectiones in keeping with the cv pattern of Hebrew 
syllables. But without access to native speakers, all of 
this is mere guessing.

Karl W. Randolph.

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