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also it's 'Yahweh' btw
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[-] Maturin@hexbear.net 3 points 19 hours ago

Also, they transposed the German "J" to the english sounding "Y" at the beginning of "Yahweh" but did not transpose the German "W" into an English sounding "V" to match the Hebrew letter. They should either have it as JHWH or IHVH but instead we get a mix-and-match.

[-] RiotDoll@hexbear.net 5 points 16 hours ago

vav can do different stuff depending on context too. not sure vav as a vowel indicator is as old as the tetragrammaton? i know some features of the writing system are later innovations - most accomodations to vowels don't go back to paleo-hebrew iirc, but the tetragrammaton probably isn't that old anyway.

Anyway if that vav is signalling a vowel, it could be an english o/oo sound, or a lot of things

I'm not an expert, i am just the specific kind of nerd that will slowly learn archaic languages at whatever pace i can manage and i've got subpar hebrew literacy for it, so i don't wanna mis-represent my credentials here.

[-] Maturin@hexbear.net 3 points 16 hours ago

For sure. I really liked all your comments on this thread. I’m just trying to ride your coattails.

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