[Avodah] Why Not: Yehoshua BEN Nun?

[Zev Sero]

On 13/06/2012 9:58 AM, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
> The Chumash I have says it's a kri u'ktiv. Written without the Yud
> but pronounced with.

Where do we find "anav" spelt with a yud?


On 13/06/2012 10:37 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 08:34:33PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:

>>>  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.

> But simply cannot be true.

Hence the "used to be".  The quoted reason depends on this belief.
If the modern understanding is true, then this reason can't be.

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Zev Sero
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