[Mesorah] Vowels under YKVK

[Mandel, Seth via Mesorah]

the letters of YKVK have no vowels whatsoever.  In the ancient Mss, there was just a sh'va under the yod where the chataf patach under the shem Adnus was prounounced (and no sh'va in the places where the chataf pasach was not pronounced, e.g. normally after the prefixes l- or b-), and a qomatz under the vav, where the dalet would be in Adnus (no cholam).
When the name was pronounced Elokim, they put in a chataf segol under the first letter and a chirik under the dalet, to distinguish them.
Since in both pronunciations there was a cholam, it was not necessary to use it in either case, since it did not distinguish anything.
Some scribes who were ignoramuses added the cholam, and the printers, who were also amaratzim followed them.

Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
Rabbinic Coordinator
The Orthodox Union

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Subject: [Mesorah] Vowels under YKVK

I was chatting about Ha'azinu's HaLAdY and its Vowels

OK
When YKVK is Read ADNY the first letter takes a Sheva
This "seem"s to represent the HATAF patach for ADNY

Yet when it is pronounced Elokim
The Yud gets a HATAF segol and not just a "sheva"

EG See Tehillim 140:8 Elokim (YKVK) ADNY

Why isn't the vowel under the Yud consistently with or without a hataf?

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