[Heb-NACO] Transliterating yud heh vav heh

[Joan Biella]

I agree with Aaron, and would advocate for YHVH (subscript dot under V) as
the least controversial way to deal with this situation.

Joan

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Kuperman, Aaron <akup at loc.gov> wrote:

> Assuming there are no nekudot, would it not be presumptuous for a
> cataloger to claim to know how it would be pronounced.
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> Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
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> This is not an official communication from my employer
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> *From:* Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+akup=loc.gov at lists.osu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Robert M. TALBOTT
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 05, 2017 3:49 PM
> *To:* Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
> *Subject:* [Heb-NACO] Transliterating yud heh vav heh
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> Hi folks:
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> I'm cataloging a book right now that has the tetragrammaton in the title.
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> 1) YHVH? This is what the record has
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> 2) Yehovah? My preference
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> 3) Yahveh? As good as any other
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> 4) Or should we use a euphemism,e.g ha-Shem?
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> I'm not invested in this one and am agnostic as to the outcome, but which
> form is preferred? The euphemism 'ha-Shem" and "Adonai" are already slotted
> in the record as added title entries.
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> B
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> Bob Talbott
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