From: Henry Churchyard <churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Jerusalem, neuter plural
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 05:25:23 -0500 (CDT)
> From ronning AT nis.za Sun Sep 5 05:14:34 1999
> Subject: Re: Jerusalem, neuter plural
> From: John Ronning <ronning AT nis.za>
> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 21:26:38 +0200
> Doesn't the fact that it's spelled without the YOD 99+% of the time
> (plus the LXX spelling plus the Aramaic spelling) show that in fact this
> pronunciation is late and contrived?
So does the fact that David is spelled without yodh consistently in
the books of Samuel and Kings mean that his name was originally "Dude"? ;-)