Friday, May 18, 2018

tanach - Explanation of kri u-khtiv vowel for first letter of tetragrammaton


In Kri u-Khtiv, the vowels provided are for those of the Kri. The Kri of YHVH is usually Adonay. The first vowel of Adonay is Hataf-Patah. Why then is the first vowel of YHVH given as Shva in those cases instead of Hataf-Patah?




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