Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yohanan bin-Dawidh <yohanan.bin.dawidh AT gmail.com>]

Shavu’a Tov Curt;

Nehemia Gordon believes the Tetragrammaton was/should be pronounced as Yehovah/Yehowah, based upon his notion that the Karaite Ba’al ha-Masorah, Aharon ben-Mosheh ben-‘Asher, would not have in good conscious defiled the Miq’ra. This might very well be the case, but this does not account for the various places within the Aleppo Codex where the Tetragrammaton is written with different pronunciations (Y’howah is used 29 times | Yehwih is used 304 times | Yehowih is used once at Judges 16:28 | Y’howih is used 23 times | Y’hwih is used 207 times | Y’hwah is used 6,268 times). Then, again, maybe the name has different pronunciations at different locations due to the language used in those locations, but this still would not account for Nehemia Gordon's stance on the subject.

Plus there is a debate of whether the Tetragrammaton utilizes a Shewa Na’ or Shewa Nah, which would change it’s pronunciation with regards to Tiberian Hebrew, which is what Aharon ben-Mosheh ben-‘Asher utilized.

There is, also, some argument toward the notion that the Tetragrammaton is not actually Hebrew, but is the 3^rd person imperfect of the Aramaic HWH, which would actually cause it to be pronounced as יֶהֱוֶה, i.e. YeHeWeH.

Linguistically it cannot be Yahouah, but if you received it in a dream this way, I am sure no one can talk you out of pronouncing it this way.

Regards,

Yohanan bin-Dawidh

Fort Worth, Texas

On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Curt Bussey <spokenfor78 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

I was wondering what your concluding thoughts were on this? I am currently under the opinion of pronouncing it as Yehouah (the waw as oo as in pool). 

Interestingly though, years ago I used to pronounce the Name Yehovah due to Nehemia Gordon's book. In a dream I was proclaiming it and a messenger told me it was Yehouvah, stressing the ouv part?

What do you think?

Thanks for your time. I can't find too many people to discuss these things with. I appreciate any help. Thank you.

Curt

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