Years ago, I saw a history book on Nineva that mentioned that the contacts with Israel transliterated the Hebrew names with all consonants followed by vowels. Waltke and O’Connor mention that apparently the Amarna letters, archeologically dated to the Divided Kingdom period, indicated that the speech in Israel had every consonant followed by a vowel. Reading poetry gives a rhythm when read with every consonant starting a syllable. The Masoretic points have a different pattern.
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