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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH with an inseparable preposition
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 23:21:20 +0100

On Wed 7 Jun 2006 (13:15:35), davedonnelly1 AT juno.com wrote:
> Four examples of YHWH with an inseparable preposition are listed below.
> In each example the yod has lost its shewa.
> In each example the inseparable preposition has a patah not a hireq
> under it.
> Did the Masoretes place a patah under the inseparable preposition to
> indicate that before the inseparable preposition was added, YHWH was to
> be pronounced as "Adonay"?

Correct.

Shalom
Ben
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