Source: YHWH, THE INEFFABLE NAME: AVOIDANCE, ALTERNATIONS AND CIRCUMVENTIONS IN THE NON-BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPTS AT
QUMRAN by JOËLLE ALHADEF-LAKE, MA Thesis
APPENDIX B: KEY OF ALTERNATIONS pp. 125-126
| Symbol or alternation type | # | Alternation in DSS for יהוה in biblical quotation |
|---|---|---|
| a0 | No alternation. The same wording used in the biblical allusion or quotation from MT and the biblical text from the Judean Desert (DSSB) and in the corresponding Qumran verse for a reference to the divine name | |
| a1 | 11x | אדוני for יהוה (Lord for LORD) |
| a2 | 1x | ארוני יהוה for יהוה (LORD for LORD our God) |
| a3 | 1x | יהוה אלהים for יהוה (LORD God for LORD) |
| a4 | 1x | אל for יהוה צבאות (God for LORD of Hosts) |
| a5 | 18x | אל for יהוה (God for LORD) |
| a6 | 1x | אלהי אלהים for יהוה אלהים (Lord, your God) for (LORD God) |
| a7 | 3x | אלהים (God) for יהוה אלהים (the LORD God) |
| a8 | 1x | או הו for יהוה (God Almighty for the LORD) |
| a9 | 4x | הוא ,הואהא for יהוה (He for LORD) |
| a10 | 2x | אל ישראל for יהוה (God of Israel for LORD) |
| a11 | 1x | האמת for יהוה (Truth for LORD) |
| a12 | 23x | ···· for יהוה (Tetrapuncta substitute for יהוה (LORD for LORD) |
| a12a | 1x | אלהים ···· for אלהים (LORD God for Lord) |
| a13 | 2x | אל אלים for יהוה (God of Gods for LORD) |
| a14 | 1x | אל הצדק for יהוה (Righteousness of God for LORD) |
| a15 | 3x | אלהים for יהוה (God for the LORD) |
| a16 | 2x | יהוה for יהוה צבאות (LORD for LORD of Hosts) |
| a17 | 2x | אל עליון for הוה (God Most High for the LORD) |
| a18 | 1x | יהוה for יהוה אלוהים (LORD for the LORD God) |
| a19 | 1x | שמך ישעי for יהוה (Your name is my deliverance for LORD) |
| a20 | 1x | אל חי for יהוה אלוהים (Living God for the LORD God) |
| a21 | 1x | אנוכי for יהוה אלוהים (I, myself for the LORD God) |
| a22 | 1x | מלכי צדק for יהוה (Melchizedek for LORD) |
| a23 | 36x | יהוה (paleo-Hebrew) for יהוה (LORD for the LORD) |
| a24 | 1x | יהוה (paleo-Hebrew) for ארוני (LORD for the Lord) |
| a25 | 1x | יהוה (paleo-Hebrew) for יהוה אלוהים (LORD for the LORD God) |
| a26 | 1x | Paleo-Hebrew Elohim (God) (paleo-Hebrew) |
| a27 | 1x | יהוה אדוני (יהוה paleo-Hebrew) for ארוני יהוה (LORD (paleo-Hebrew) God for LORD God) |
| a28 | 1x | יהוה צבאות (יהוה paleo-Hebrew) for יהוה צבאות (LORD [paleo-Hebrew] of Hosts for LORD of Hosts) |
| a29 | 14x | : יהה for הוה (dicolon) (LORD for LORD) |
| a30 | 1x | : יהוה for יהוה אלוהים (dicolon) (LORD for LORD our God) |
| a31 | 6x | : יהוה אלוהים for יהוה אלוהים (dicolon) (LORD our God for LORD our God) |
| a32 | 21x | אל (for יהוה) in paleo-Hebrew (God for LORD) (paleo-Hebrew) |
| a33 | 1x | שם for יהוה (Name for LORD) |