[Mesorah] Vowels under YKVK

[David and Esther Bannett via Mesorah]

The ba'al'ei ha-m'sora placed a vowel sign next to a sh'va in places 
where they were afraid that somenoe would make a sh'va na' into a nach.  
It is always done where there is a g'ronit.  In other words, it is done 
where they felt it necessary to prevent mispronunciation. As ben Asher 
points out, it is all l''fi r'tzon ha-sof'rim. (E.g., the keter has many 
hatafim where Leningrad doesn't not.).

When YHVH appears, everyone is used to pronouncing it as shem Adonut so 
there is not need to put a patach next to the sh'va. When YHVH is to be 
pronounced as Elohim, it is unusual and some might not notice the 
requireddifferentpronunciation.  So the ba'alei ha-m'sora put the segol 
next to the sh'va to make sure the word is pronounced correctly.


GCh"T,

David
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