… We do not know the real pronunciation of YHWH, but the clues we have, based on theophoric names, and corroborated by Akkadian transcriptions of Hebrew names, are that YHWH had three syllables, that the first was YE, and the last was WA, or WE (segol), and that the middle vowel was O or U. There is absolutely no ancient Hebrew evidence in favor of the two-syllabic YAHWEH.
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Rolf Furuli
Stavern
Norway
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