Yes there is an answer, 1st view these vidoes Jeff did on this subject and then if you still have questions let us know.
http://www.battleforthebible.org/Is_there_a_God_cont.html RICH AHRC ***************************************************************** --- In [email protected], "cindiclean" <cindicl...@...> wrote: > > Hello. I'm new here, don't know much Hebrew, and am wondering if someone > really conversant in Hebrew could explain a detailed explanation of the word > Jehovah in the jewishenclopedia for me? Here it is, and if someone thinks > they understand this, please answer. If not, I really don't want opinions, I > want an explanation of what this means, and I have detailed questions about > it. > It says the pronunciation is grammatically impossible. > > Why is it GRAMMATICALLY impossible? > > Then it says it arose "through pronouncing the vowels of the "ḳere" > (marginal reading of the Masorites: = "Adonay") with the consonants of the > "ketib" (text-reading: = "Yhwh")"Adonay" (the Lord) being substituted with > one exception wherever Yhwh occurs in the Biblical and liturgical books." > > OK, I think I understand that, but I don't see the connection between that > and the first sentence, that it is "grammatically" impossible? How is it > grammatically impossible? > > THEN it says: > > --"Adonay" presents the vowels "shewa" (the composite under the guttural à > becomes simple under the é), "ḥolem," and "ḳameẓ," and > these give the reading (= "Jehovah")." > > What does that mean? How does this give the reading "Jehovah," when the four > Hebrew letters can be pronounced in Hebrew somewhat like Yahweh or Yahveh? > This is taken from the jewishenclopedia but it's confusing to understand what > the author of the article means. > > "Sometimes, when the two names and occur together, the former is pointed > with "ḥatef segol" () under the é thus, (="Jehovah")to indicate that > in this combination it is to be pronounced "Elohim" (). These substitutions > of "Adonay"and "Elohim" for Yhwh were devised to avoid the profanation of the > Ineffable Name (hence is also written , or even , and read "ha-Shem" = "the > Name ")." > > And I can't understand the above either. I'm hoping someone knowing more > about the hebrew language can help me here. Thanks! >
