Hebrew Voices #138 – The Importance of Examining Manuscripts in Person

Re: 16:45 Turns out that wasn’t a cholam
So I checked the high resolution photos of the Lenningrad codex and found that on the next page, Ps. 49:14, the first word (zeh), the zain has a segol, an accent mark, and a stray ‘shurek’. Being about the same location in the frame of the photo, it appears to be the same bit of shmutz!

When I was lead to study the original language some years ago and look into the original manuscripts, I was also led to Nehemiah Gordon. I had downloaded the digital resource of the Aleppo Codex and began to study. One night, I was telling my wife about how often Yhvh appeared within the text. “Look, I’ll open a random page and I bet I can point out an example. See? Right there, I’ll zoom in.” When I hyper zoomed the text, I was shocked to find that you could SEE where they had not only scraped away the cholam but also put a stray pen mark over the top of it to try to hide it. You never would be able to see it with the visible eye but with modern technology and a clear enough image, you could clearly see what was done. I stood there in shock and silence for a moment. This was long before I heard your teaching about them not making revisions to the name.

Shalom Nehemia! Yes, you must be from the “Show Me” state! Thank you for continuing to fight through to get to see these documents. Fight on! And thank you for sharing your findings. It makes me feel like we’re walking in the footsteps of our forefathers, kicking up the dust that the ancients kicked! You can see and show us their pen-strokes. It strengthens my faith and my resolve to share the great name of our creator, Yehovah! Shalom

Shlum.
So are you saying that His name is spelled יהעוה

Last night I was telling two people about your travels to find YHVH name in person and those that tried to make it hard on you. This morning this video, can I get a Second Witness! Bless You!