[BibChr]

Simple, factual answer: Hebrew OT was originally vowel-less; now has vowel-points to indicated pronunciation.

There is good reason to believe YHWH was pronounced "Yahweh" (i.e. ancient Greek did it iabe or iao).

There is no rational basis for objecting to adding vowels -- unless one will also insist on dropping Abraham for 'brhm, or Jacob for y`qb, and so forth.

Dan
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[savedbygrace]

Years ago I read that, according to some oral history, YHWH was originally pronouced with 11 syllables. I've long since lost the source of that, and I have no memory of where I got it, so there. ;-)