Karl,But even the oldest DSS post date by centuries the changes that
I did not state that BH as we have it shows all the forms.
I do know that the Paleo- frags among the DSS use variant forms.
Corrupted? .... You can't call that "corrupted." A living language changes;Depends on how you define "living language".
Hebrew was a
living language at the period you are talking about.
I've seen this as an argument for a tri-syllabic pronunciation of YHWH
For example, one question that's been floated out here is how far back does
the use of ADONAI go? From the meter, well, it's used in pre-Monarchial
psalms... so. I'd hazard 12th-11th-centuries BCE at the very least.
Best regards,
Rochelle
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