[Avodah] yehoshua ben nun

[Zev Sero]

On 14/06/2012 5:40 AM, Eli Turkel 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. >>

> 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.

What has this got to do with the pronunciation?


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