[Heb-NACO] Transliterating yud heh vav heh

[Janet Shamir]

I agree with Joan, this is not an abbreviation.



Janet



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Janet Shamir
Hebrew Cataloging Department
National Library of Israel



From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+janet.shamir=nli.org.il at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Joan Biella
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 11:40 PM
To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Transliterating yud heh vav heh

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<mailto: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.

Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
This is not an official communication from my employer


From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+akup<mailto:heb-naco-bounces%2Bakup>=loc.gov at lists.osu.edu<mailto: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

Hi folks:

I'm cataloging a book right now that has the tetragrammaton in the title.

1) YHVH? This is what the record has
2) Yehovah? My preference
3) Yahveh? As good as any other
4) Or should we use a euphemism,e.g ha-Shem?

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.

B
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Bob Talbott

Principal cataloger/Hebraica cataloger

UC Berkeley

250 Moffitt

Berkeley, CA 94720

I'm just mad about Saffron

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