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  • 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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