[{"id":"C01","topic":"orthography","statement":"The Mesha Stele has YHWH written as a four-letter name by the ninth century BCE.","epistemic_status":"epigraphic_observation","support_level":"high","caveat":"No vowel pointing; do not infer Yahweh directly from this inscription."},{"id":"C02","topic":"orthography","statement":"Elephantine textual evidence contains independent shortened spellings YHW and YHH.","epistemic_status":"epigraphic_observation","support_level":"high","caveat":"Precise pronunciation not directly encoded by consonants."},{"id":"C03","topic":"linguistic","statement":"Hebrew personal names preserve prefix Yeho-/Yo- and suffix -yahu/-yah traditions.","epistemic_status":"onomastic_synthesis","support_level":"high","caveat":"Masoretic vowels may differ from older speech and some spellings are regionally conditioned."},{"id":"C04","topic":"transcription","statement":"Theodoret reports Iabe for Samaritans and Aia for Jews in the fifth century CE.","epistemic_status":"late_antique_report","support_level":"medium","caveat":"Alternative interpretations of Samaritan reporting exist."},{"id":"C05","topic":"transcription","statement":"4Q120 represents the divine name with Greek ΙΑΩ.","epistemic_status":"epigraphic_observation","support_level":"high","caveat":"This need not represent the full independent pronunciation."},{"id":"C06","topic":"textual_criticism","statement":"Clement Iaou vs Iaoue requires direct manuscript and critical-edition collation.","epistemic_status":"research_warning","support_level":"high","caveat":"This seed database has only a secondary discussion of the manuscript disagreement."},{"id":"C07","topic":"medieval","statement":"Masoretic vowel pointing of YHWH participates in a standing reading convention.","epistemic_status":"textual_tradition","support_level":"high","caveat":"Pointing associated with Adonai/Elohim is not automatic evidence of ancient full-name vowels."},{"id":"C08","topic":"reconstruction","statement":"Yahweh is the dominant modern academic reconstruction of the complete YHWH name.","epistemic_status":"scholarly_consensus","support_level":"high","caveat":"Scholarly reconstruction is not demonstrable certainty."},{"id":"C09","topic":"reconstruction","statement":"Yahwoh is explicitly entertained by an academic epigraphist citing Caquot.","epistemic_status":"scholarly_minority","support_level":"medium","caveat":"Caquot 1966 original must be checked before formal endorsement."},{"id":"C10","topic":"identification","statement":"Egyptian Shasu Yhw is a place/people designation whose connection to Israelite YHWH remains disputed.","epistemic_status":"uncertain_historical_identification","support_level":"high","caveat":"Earlier date does not automatically equal earlier divine-name attestation."},{"id":"C11","topic":"semantics","statement":"Exodus 3:14–15 explicitly connects ehyeh and YHWH in its theological narrative.","epistemic_status":"literary_observation","support_level":"high","caveat":"Biblical wordplay is not proof of original morphological etymology."},{"id":"C12","topic":"phonology","statement":"Historical Hebrew waw is generally reconstructed with /w/, whereas modern vav often has /v/.","epistemic_status":"historical_phonology","support_level":"medium","caveat":"Actual realization in different settings and periods is complex."},{"id":"C13","topic":"name_history","statement":"Theophoric name suffixes show meaningful diachronic distribution of -yahu vs -yah.","epistemic_status":"scholarly_synthesis","support_level":"high","caveat":"Frequency in transmitted biblical books does not directly equal original oral patterns."},{"id":"C14","topic":"method","statement":"No candidate full-name pronunciation is directly secured by Iron Age Hebrew consonantal inscriptions.","epistemic_status":"methodological_inference","support_level":"high","caveat":"Combinations of independent transcriptions and language reconstruction remain necessary."},{"id":"C15","topic":"hypothesis","statement":"Both YHW-from-YHWH and YHWH-from-YHW origin scenarios have been considered.","epistemic_status":"scholarly_hypothesis","support_level":"medium","caveat":"Neither chronological direction can be established from this evidence set."},{"id":"C16","topic":"manuscript","statement":"Ketef Hinnom amulets preserve early divine-name use in Judahite blessings.","epistemic_status":"epigraphic_observation","support_level":"high","caveat":"Letter readings and paleographic dates should be checked against editions."},{"id":"C17","topic":"name_meanings","statement":"Glosses of theophoric names are semantic interpretations, sometimes debated, not phonetic records.","epistemic_status":"methodological_inference","support_level":"high","caveat":"Name glosses should never be scored as direct proof of complete divine-name vocalization."}]