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[b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew

From: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:38:20 -0500

Please clarify for me. Someone wrote:

There is no "w" in Hebrew. The so called waw to which so many
non-Hebraicists make reference is pronounced vav, and should, in fact,
be written that way, and usually is. Yahweh is not even a possible
pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.

Thanks for your help.

Oun Kwon.

[b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew, Oun Kwon, 01/14/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew, Yitzhak Sapir, 01/14/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew, AMK Judaica, 01/15/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew, Yitzhak Sapir, 01/15/2007
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew, George Athas, 01/15/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew, AMK Judaica, 01/15/2007