To: K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciation
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:28:34 EDT
I presume you mean that "biblical" Hebrew "died," not Hebrew. And I think
the pronunciation of YHWH went out of general use long before the 7th
century
CE. This is the first I've heard that Muslims had anything to do with it.
Solomon Landers
In a message dated 08/02/2005 9:42:36 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk writes:
However, hebrew died and the muslims took over Isreal and so the
pronunciation of the verb was
lost, as was the pronunciation of every word.