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I noticed in Yechezkel 28 (25) that the tetragrammaton is vowelised to read Elokim.

Now I thought that the tetragrammaton signifies the attribute of mercy see and that Elokim signifies the attribute of judgement, see this question.

What is the meaning then of the tetragrammaton vowelised to read Elokim?

Is it maybe for G-d merciful in judgement?

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Is this not a general k'ri/k'siv question? I.e. "How should we interpret a word which has a different written and pronounced meaning?" –  WAF Dec 28 '13 at 23:47
@WAF I do not feel my question is general. Yechezkel could have written אלקים and chose to write the tetragrammaton vowelised to read Elokim. It is the reason for this specific change that interests me here. –  Avrohom Yitzchok Dec 29 '13 at 10:26
You want a specific application of the answers to this question: judaism.stackexchange.com/q/14671/3 –  WAF Dec 29 '13 at 13:41

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