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  • From: Walter Mattfeld <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Khalil (Hebron)
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:30:05 +0100


Perhaps someone can explain why Hebron is rendered as el-Khalil on later maps
while the
Palestine Exploration Fund Map of 1878 (sheet xxi, London) renders it as
el-Khulil. How
did "u" come to be later rendered as "a" ? Are both renderings correct or is
the 1878
rendering a mistake ? Thanks,

Walter R. Mattfeld
Heidelberg, Germany



  • Khalil (Hebron), Walter Mattfeld, 03/24/1999

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