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Jehovah was formed by taking the vowel points from Adonai and putting them over the tetragram (Yhwh) in order to remind the reader not to say the actual name of
by 1-more 3y ago
Jehovah was formed by taking the vowel points from Adonai and putting them over the tetragram (Yhwh) in order to remind the reader not to say the actual name of God but to instead say "my lord." https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/840-adonai https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/840-adonai
- masswerk 3y agoThis is pretty interesting in the context of how how we look at and think of (written) words. Thank you!