“YHW,” Yahweh

The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet

Photo Study III

[Post nineteen of thirty]

“ARWR”, that is, “cursed,” I reviewed in my last post.

I turn now to the divine name–“Yahweh”.

Note

This is the nineteenth post of my memorandum on the Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet. It is also the third of my photo study.

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Galil alleges that this sacred name appears twice inside the tablet.

For simplicity, I discuss only one of those here. That one I call “Upper Yahweh” because it lies near the top of the tablet.

Galil’s annotated Table 7 labels it as #’s: 11, 12, and 13.

The phonetic spelling is thus “Yod,” “He,” “Waw”.

Here is what they look like:

• An angled arm symbolizes “Yod”. Picture it as running from above the elbow to the thumb and thence to the pointer finger. See Figure 7, #11, in Table 5 (1a and b).
• A stickman with raised arms, as if signaling a touchdown, signifies “He”. See Figure 7, #12, in Table 3 (1a & b). Here the stickman stands. Note, however, you also find it seated. See Figure 7, # 40 and Table 3 (3a & b).
• “Waw” is the blunt force weapon, the mace, described before. See Figure 7, #13; Table 4, (1a & b); and Table 10, photo #4, for the alleged negative bulge.

The photos of “He” in Figure 7 #12 at Table 3 (1a & b), and “Waw”, Figure 7 #13 at Table 4 (1a & b) are distinct.

“Yod” in Figure 7 #11 at Table 5 (1a & b), however, is faint.

Other views include:

• Stripling’s Figure 4 showing:
  • The hand under the hips of “Heh”;
  • The thumb under and intertwined with “Taw”;
  • The wrist and forearm below the left leg of “Heh”; and
  • The upper arm extends at a right angle from “Heh’s” left ankle.
• Haughwout’s Figure 5 gives a mirrored view.

Study Table 10, photo # 3. The Stripling team argues that this depicts the bottom bulge of this “Yod”.

Do you agree?

If you do, this has consequences–ones to which even Haughwout, the sceptic, agrees. It is this: the bottom bulge indicates an incision or mark on the inner surface. It rules out a photographic lighting issue or a computer glitch.

That concludes my review of the two words that compel Stripling’s conclusions. That is “ARWR” and “YHW.”

What did I tell you? That was not hard.

However, read these sections a couple of times. Let the photos sink in.

With the following post, I complete an initial dive into the tablet’s photos. There, I look at a word and two other letters relevant to Haughwout’s arguments.

Later, however, I delve deeper into the words and symbols mentioned above. This I do as I test a skeptic’s views.

Now for a question: What impact do the bottom bulges have on your assessment of Stripling’s claims?

Let me know your answer in the comments section below.

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