Mr  Pinches  and  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Ball  agree  that  the  Hebrew
JT,  Iah  or  IS,  is  the  kuniform  "  Ya  wa,  and  a  synonym  of  llu  and
Ya  or  Jah,"  and  Mr  Pinches  adds :  "  the  matter  is  clinched  by
Mr  Ball's  finding  in  Aboth  iii.  1:  'Okab-Iah,  TOpy  =  Jacob's
Jah."  The  true  early  pronunciation  is  thus  also  settled  says
Mr  Pinches,  viz.,  that  Jehovah  or  mJT  should  be  Y(a)h-w£  or
Yahweh.  He  adds  that  during  the  time  of  the  Persian  rulers
of  Babylon,  Jews  so  called  their  Jehovah,  but  introduced  the
vowels  of  the  Hitite  and  Phenician  Adonis  when  the  masoritik
corruptions  came  into  favor — say  600  a.c.  All  "Lords  or
Gods  "  were  termed  Ba'alim  =  B'ol-im,  or  Adoni  =  Aduni,  'OTTN
pL,  and  in  the  singular  ]V?N,  Adun  or  Adonis.
