From: "Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>
To: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] yhwh pronunciation
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:22:03 +0100
Plus the fact that the assumptions made are backed up with no
evidence whatsoever and seem to be little more than the fanciful
inventions of 1 man.
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To: Sujata
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] yhwh pronunciation
On 23/07/2005 14:00, Sujata wrote:
>A link that might be of interest
>http://www.bethashem.org/abook/abook26.html
>
>
>
I'm afraid that this mysticism about the name, which is almost illegible
because of its tiny font, is of little help in our discussions of the
origins and original pronunciation of the name.
--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
A mater he is common on the stele, most often used for kholam (as a
3.m.s. pronominal suffix). The final he also seems to stand for qamets
in at least three occasions, one an interesting (proper?) noun qorehah
(Jericho?). I.e. the word has qaph-resh-he-he. The double he is
interesting.
Shalom,
Bryan
Peter Kirk wrote:
> On 23/07/2005 12:25, B. M. Rocine wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> The Mesha stele, in line 18, has the Tetragrammaton (all four
>> letters). Did Rolf respond to your request below? I didn't see a
>> response.
>>
>>
>>
> Thank you, Bryan. No, I haven't had another reply to this. But does the
> Mesha stele use other final he matres lectionis? If so, this is no
> indication that the final he was not a mater lectionis. If not, it is in
> fact quite powerful evidence against the standard understanding of YHWH
> as derived from the root HWH, as in forms of such "lamed-he" verbs the
> final he is always a mater lectionis.
>