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["George Athas" <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>]

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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] w sound in Hebrew
Importance: Low



In the (Baladi?) Yemenite tradition, the letter is pronounced "w" and not 
"v." This is how you will hear it pronounced in their synagogues until 
today. Many scholar agree with this pronounciation (e.g., Murkoka).

>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.
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>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.
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>b-hebrew mailing list
>b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew

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