Hello Fred, Who said that the vocalization of these names is uncontested. The fact that the Masoretes treated the final Vav as a matre lectionis does not mean that that was how in was pronounced in the pre-exilic period. From the Samarai Ostraca and other sources, we know that the northern Israelean spelling of such names was just with Yod-Vav. My assumption was that both were pronounced something like -yaw.
Yigal Levin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fred burlingame Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:05 PM To: B-Hebrew Subject: [b-hebrew] name vocalization Hello all: The popular second 1/2 of numerous names, contains the first 3/4's of another name. Witness: זכריהו צפניהו עבדיהו ירמיהו ישעיהו אחיהו זבדיהו עדיהו חנניהו עתליהו by way of example, not limitation. Does the undisputed vocalization of the former names, imply the controversial pronunciation of the latter name: יהוה ? regards, fred burlingame _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
