Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Barry" <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

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From: <tedbro AT aol.com>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:35 AM
To: <nebarry AT verizon.net>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Vowel Subsitution

> Barry:
>
> I gather that you are saying: If the pronunciation of the qere is adonai,
> Why not write the patach hateph to reflect what is actually read  rather
> than changing the vowel to conform to the yod that is not  pronounced?

That's it!

> Good question. The only answer may be that that's the way they  chose to
> do
> it out of scribal habit.

I must admit that this answer is not altogether satisfactory.  I was hoping
for something a bit more "real."

N.E. Barry Hofstetter

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