Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Dave:
 
Very interesting! 
 
1) What do you make of the fact that these variants exist? Couldn't they  
simply be equivalent to different spellings of the same word; somewhat  
analogous to plene and lene orthography?
 
2) I believe that there are four variants. #2 and #5 are the same, aren't  
they?
 
3) Per the chart previously sent, the occurrence count in the LC is #1  
occurs 1 time, #2 occurs 271 times, #3 occurs 31 times and #4 occurs 2 times. 
 
Right?
 
Peace,
Ted Brownstein
 
 
In a message dated 1/1/2010 5:19:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
davedonnelly1 AT juno.com writes:

I’ve  been studying 5 different variants of YHVH that occur in the
Leningrad  Codex. 
All 5 of these variants of YHVH differ from each other, and all 5  of
these variants of YHVH follow adonai in the particular verses that  they
occur in.
They look to me that they might all be Qere readings that  were meant to
be read as “Elohiym.
Did the Masoretes who wrote the   Leningrad Codex of 1008-1010 A.D. point
these particular five variants of  YHVH, as they are pointed, to
specifically advise the Jewish reader to read  “Elohiym”.

I have provided links to all five of these variants of  YHVH,  to show
that each one of them follows Adonai in the on line  Leningrad Codex. Note
that in the Ben Chayyim Hebrew Text of 1525 A.D. only  one of these
variants occurs, but it occurs 305 times 

1. Judges  16:28 http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml#Judg16:28-16:28 
I choose to call  this variant the perfect Qere reading for Elohiym.
This is the variant that  occurs 305 time in the Ben Chayyim Hebrew Text
of 1525 A.D. and has the  precise same vowels as are found in Elohiym.
[Yod-hatef  segol-heh-holem-vav-hireq-heh]

#2. Joshua 7:7  http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml#Josh7:7-7:7
[Yod-shewa-heh-vav-hireq-heh]

#3.  1 Kings 2:26 http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml#1  Kings2:26-2:26
[Yod-shewa-heh-holem-vav-hireq-heh]

#4. Genesis 15:2  http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml#Gen15:2-15:2
[Yod-hatef  segol-heh-vav-hireq-heh] 

#5. Ezekial 24:24  http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml#Ezek24:24-24:24
[Yod-shewa-heh-vav-hireq-heh]

Dave  Donnelly