[Avodah] yehoshua ben nun

[Eli Turkel]

> The yud added to
> Yehoshua's name is "well known" to have been borrowed from the one
> dropped out of "Sarai" when she became "Sarah". But where did the two
> dots for the sheva under the yud come from? The segol from "ben"!

This implies that nekudot are misinai, which used to be universally
believed. >>

I thought everyone accepted the pronunciation is from sinai. The discussion
is only on the representation and names of the vowels which seems to be
from Tiberia in the days of the Geonim.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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