Tetraggramaton

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MGWB
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Tetraggramaton

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Why does the Tetraggramaton end in hei?

Isn't that a feminine ending?
Michael Gerard Burke
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Re: Tetraggramaton

Post by Yigal Levin »

Hi Michael.

Not every he ending is feminine. Look at שלמה, Solomon. And all of the names that end with "iah" such as נחמיה, Nehemiah".

Yigal Levin
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