[Mesorah] (Mesorah) Vowels under YKVK

[Mandel, Seth via Mesorah]

it  was not exactly a slip of the pen, although I am prone to those as well.  I wanted to exclude the cases when the aleph comes after a l- or b-, where most of the time the masorah shows it is not pronounced.  For instance, in T'hillim 149:1 (included in p'sukei d'zimrah) there is no sh'va under the yod of YKVK, because the word it to be pronounced lado--, not la'ado--.  Most people don't notice the difference.
But it is always a fargenigung and a zechus for me to received a correction or suggestion by R. David, even if I don't consider it a mistake.
May we all be zokhe to a year of m'hila, s'licha and kapparah (as the Teimanim say) or a gut gebentsht yohr, as speakers of that European language say, and a year of health, happiness and shalom.
And, since the Rambam is clear that talking about the details of Hebrew is part of limmud Torah, discussing this is an entirely appropriate way to have some talmud Torah and its incalculable merits.

Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
Rabbinic Coordinator
The Orthodox Union

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R' Seth commented as below on "Vowels under YKVK":
> What is strange about it?
> The sh'va under the lamed is silent.
> the sh;va under the aleph has its usual meaning, that the first letter
> of Adnus is pronounced with a chataf patach and is not silent.
I think a bit of explanation is required.  As there is no lamed in YHVH,
R' Seth is not speaking about all YHVHs.  He is speaking about Halashem
tigm'lu zot in Ha'azinu and is saying that the first syllable is Hal
where the sh'va is nach or silent.  The first letter of the Shem is
pronounced with a sh'va na' which, as in most cases, has a slight "a"
sound and therefore the patach next to the sh'va.

I think that R' Seth's ending, that the alef  "is not silent" is a slip
of the mind.  How can an alef be silent at the beginning of a word?


GCh"T,

David
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