Biblical Hebrew Forum

[TedBro AT aol.com]

James:
 
I'm continuing to have a difficult time understanding what you are trying  
to say. What do you mean by "Obviously there is no real debate of the Elohim 
 readings"? What is the difference between qere adonai and qere elohim in 
the  Hebrew text. Why would anyone be convinced that Yehowih is the 
tetragrammaton  pointed with the vowels of Elohim and not be convinced that 
Yehowah 
is the  tetragrammaton pointed with the vowels of adonai? Isn't the evidence  
identical?
 
Paraphrasing... couldn't we ask:
 
Did the massoretes who pointed the text put the vowels of elohim under YHWH 
 while conforming to pointed rules dictated by the yodh of YHWH or are the  
similarities just coincidence?
 
Peace,
Ted Brownstein
Lake Worth, FL
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In a message dated 12/29/2009 5:50:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com writes:

Hi,  


obviously there is no real debate over the Elohim readings. The debate is  
over the adonai readings. We accept that in the places where we see YHWH 
with  vowel pointing in some respects similar to that of adonai and in some 
respects  conforming to expected usage under the consonants of YHWH the 
modern 
reading  tradition is adonai and has been for quite some time. The question 
is:


Did the massoretes who pointed the text put the vowels of adonai under  
YHWH while conforming to pointed rules dictated by the yodh of YHWH or are 
the  
similarities just  coincidence?