VAV
Jason Hare
parousia_occ at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 30 08:48:05 EST 2000
Greetings,
Although we write WAW, we pronounce it like a V. The
reasoning is that the pronunciation of WAW used to be
like a W instead. The Sephardic pronunciation (I
believe) is that of a V. This is the one used in
Israel today. Before modern Hebrew was used and chose
this pronunciation the WAW was a W sound, therefore
for the sake of consistency most continue to use WAW
and say V. I hope this helps. (Well, actually, I
hope my understanding of the situation is accurate.)
Blessings be yours,
Jason Hare
Ozark Christian College
parousia_occ at yahoo.com
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