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Vowels in many ancient languages were considered to be sacred, their use restricted to construction of the sacred, secret name of the highest deity. Within such a secret spelling would be incorporated important religious & magickal truths. Thus the sacred knowledge would be preserved__yet remain hidden.
In ancient Hebrew, in Egyptian, and in others, vowels were entirely omitted from the written language to avoid their profanation: e.g. in the spelling of the sacred name I H V H, which we often transliterate as "Jehovah", adding in the omitted vowels.
With no written records, the true pronunciations of sacred words of power were able to be kept highly secret, for whoever knew the correct pronunciation of the name of another's god prevailed. Note that the use of dots beneath the consonants to indicate vowel inflections is a relatively recent convention.
In ancient Hebrew, in Egyptian, and in others, vowels were entirely omitted from the written language to avoid their profanation: e.g. in the spelling of the sacred name I H V H, which we often transliterate as "Jehovah", adding in the omitted vowels.
With no written records, the true pronunciations of sacred words of power were able to be kept highly secret, for whoever knew the correct pronunciation of the name of another's god prevailed. Note that the use of dots beneath the consonants to indicate vowel inflections is a relatively recent convention.