Transmitted ArtifactA-THEODORET

Theodoret, Questions on Exodus 15

Patristic literary text · Cyrrhus / Byzantine world · c. 430–460 CE

Ἰαβέ

GreekIabe · Questions on Exodus 15

Evidence status: Transmitted reported_tradition
Type: Patristic literary text
Place: Cyrrhus / Byzantine world
city — author's see, not manuscript find-spot
Date: c. 430–460 CE
Fifth-century CE author testimony

1000 BCE500 BCE1 CE500 CE
Language: Greek
Script: Greek
Editorial note: Reports Iabe for Samaritan and Aia for Jewish usage; not contemporary to Iron Age.

Attestations

2 readings

Reading	Form	Locus	Status	Vowels observed
Ἰαβέ Iabe	Iabe	Questions on Exodus 15	Reported oral tradition	Greek vowels
Ἀϊά Aia	Aia	Questions on Exodus 15	Reported oral tradition	Greek vowels

AS-TIABE: Samaritan reported pronunciation; -β- rendering may represent /v/ or /b/, not directly /w/.

AS-TIA: Jewish form as reported by Theodoret; often explained as ehyeh. Corrected in v1.1.0 from "Ia".

Theodoret, Questions on Exodus 15
Theodoret of Cyrus · Questions on Exodus, study translation · c. 453 CE
Medium reliability
R10·Patristic translationOpen source
Yahweh and the Samaritan pronunciation of the tetragrammaton
Nehemia Gordon · Peer-reviewed book chapter listing · 2024
Medium reliability
R14·Academic chapterOpen source

Iabe Ἰαβέ Transmitted Aia Ἀϊά Transmitted

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