Pronunciations
11 candidates, A to Z
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IPA not yet specified
Latin I/J and U/V variability complicates comparison; no ancient witness to precisely this spelling.
Related short form (consonants attested; vowels transmitted)/jah/ (received Hebrew)
Received vowel sign is medieval; does not directly provide date of original pronunciation.
Proposed form (unattested)/ja.ho.ˈwah/ (approx.)
No secure ancient complete attestation of vowel sequence.
Related short form (consonants attested; vowels transmitted)IPA not yet specified
Writing YHW does not itself capture exact vowels or establish it as older than YHWH.
Proposed form (unattested)/jah.u.ˈwah/ (one possible reading)
Appending -wah not derivable from -yahu alone; no securely attested whole-form vocalization.
Proposed form (unattested)/ˈjah.wah/ (approx.)
No secure ancient full-name transcript with -ah established.
Mainstream scholarly reconstruction/ˈjah.we/ (approx.)
Late transmission; disputed manuscript witnesses and exact vowel quality; consonantal texts alone cannot prove it.
Scholarly minority reconstruction/ˈjah.wo/ (proposed)
Original Caquot argument not independently reviewed in this seed dataset.
Proposed form (unattested)IPA not yet specified
Romanized form could imply extra /h/ or different consonant position; no secure historical witness.
Later historical pronunciation/je.ho.ˈwah/ (approx.)
Masoretic qere practice means vocalization cannot automatically be projected to Iron Age.
Proposed form (unattested)IPA not yet specified
Romanization ambiguous and nonstandard; no ancient full-name attestation.