Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 02:51:30PM -0500, Barry wrote:
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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
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> > Barry:
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> > 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!

Because coumpound shewa's are late (they don't appear in the palestinian
or "simple babylonian" punctuation AT ALL).

I.e. I would argue that perhaps in the time the coumpound shewa was introduced
by the masoretes the spelling of YHWY already had an shewa.

P.T.

BTW, please know, that the way a tetragramm is written differs considerably
even among various tiberian manuscripts...

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