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Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:34:45 +0100

On 12/10/2005 22:10, Karl Randolph wrote:

I will add to this, how do we know that the waw in the name is not a matere lectionis? Why is it always read as a consonant?

One reason, if I remember correctly, is that the consonantal form YHWH is found in texts dating from before vav was ever used as a mater lectionis.

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Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Karl Randolph, 10/10/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Read, James C, 10/10/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Vadim Cherny, 10/11/2005
    - [b-hebrew] Sofits (was: consonant vowel order), Yigal Levin, 10/11/2005
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Sofits (was: consonant vowel order), Vadim Cherny, 10/14/2005
    - Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Peter Kirk, 10/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Karl Randolph, 10/12/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Peter Kirk, 10/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Peter Kirk, 10/17/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH, Karl Randolph, 10/17/2005