lost_in_time [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • edit-25 hours agoYou can't say God's true name, it exists in an ineffable spiritual realm that transcends ordinary speech and spellingmessage-squaremessage-square20 fedilinkarrow-up149file-text
arrow-up149message-squareYou can't say God's true name, it exists in an ineffable spiritual realm that transcends ordinary speech and spellinglost_in_time [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • edit-25 hours agomessage-square20 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRiotDoll [she/her, she/her]hexbear11·4 hours agothe only way it's "Yahweh" is if it has some very special secret vowels because "יהוה" doesn't sound like that lol link
minus-squareNewOldGuard [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear5·1 hour agoIsn’t that because ancient Hebrew used an abjad so they just didn’t write vowels at all link
minus-squareRiotDoll [she/her, she/her]hexbear7·1 hour agoIt's still that way. I guess later some letters started indicating certain vowel sounds a bit more directly, but it's mostly little dots and lines that only get used to teach or are placed on text where ambiguity isn't acceptable. link
the only way it's "Yahweh" is if it has some very special secret vowels because "יהוה" doesn't sound like that lol
Isn’t that because ancient Hebrew used an abjad so they just didn’t write vowels at all
It's still that way. I guess later some letters started indicating certain vowel sounds a bit more directly, but it's mostly little dots and lines that only get used to teach or are placed on text where ambiguity isn't acceptable.