Mainstream scholarly reconstruction PronunciationP-YAHWEH

Yahweh

Proposed IPA

/ˈjah.we/ (approx.)

Syllables

Historical support (as recorded)

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Evidence offered

YHWH spelling, Yah short form, Theodoret Iabe; historical morphology proposals.

Limitations

Late transmission; disputed manuscript witnesses and exact vowel quality; consonantal texts alone cannot prove it.

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C08Yahweh is the dominant modern academic reconstruction of the complete YHWH name. Supports C04Theodoret reports Iabe for Samaritans and Aia for Jews in the fifth century CE. Indirect support C14No candidate full-name pronunciation is directly secured by Iron Age Hebrew consonantal inscriptions. Limits

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