Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Dave,

I think you might have misunderstood my point (excuse the pun). A composite 
shewa is still grammatically of the same value as a simple shewa. There is no 
grammatical difference. The fact that an aleph takes a composite and a yodh a 
simple shewa amounts to practically no grammatical difference. So the fact 
that the Tetragrammaton is marked with a simple shewa as opposed to the 
composite shewa beneath the aleph of ADONAI means nothing. It is still a 
shewa in both cases, and that it is the point.


GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au