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I don't understand this. The yod MUST be a consonant because ALL Hebrew
words start with a consonant.
If it looks like a duck, and flies like a duck, then before the law it is a
duck. Iod is pronounced as a vowel in 3ms FT, and there is no evidence
whatsoever that it ever was pronounced as consonant, at least as 3ms FT
prefix.
If you are inclined to dwell into this issue, it is my belief that iod in
3ms FT is mater lections derived from he in 3ms nouns. A similar process
made iod 2fs FT suffix where we could expect he.
In the Greek or Latin spelling Iao, the initial I is not a vowel but a consonant, according to the regular rules of Greek and Latin spelling. Therefore Iao would be pronounced Ya-o, two syllables starting with a consonant, and with a zero divider which may replace an original "h" sound.On the other hand, there is evidence which I posted
earlier today for a final -e vowel sound.
The problem is, no other hypothesis explains the pronunciation Iao. If YHW
is not a compound of matres lectionis, but a regular word, he must have been
pronounced.
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