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  • From: Will Parsons <wbparsons AT alum.mit.edu>
  • To: nir AT ccet.ufrn.br
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] OSENNETH?
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:41:16 -0500 (EST)

On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:46:15 -0300, "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat."
<nir AT ccet.ufrn.br> wrote:
> isaac, karl,
...
> back to isaac's response. there is the problem of the greek transliteration
> (ASENNETH etc) being
> limited to proper greek grammatical laws, which might at times avoid some
> impossible combinations. however, i do not know greek to have an opinion.

This has nothing to do with "grammatical laws", but Greek phonology is
certainly relevant. If the Hebrew name were pronounced [asnat] or [asnaθ]
there's no reason why it wouldn't be transcribed Ασναθ/Asnath in Greek. The
fact that it was in fact transcribed Ασεννεθ/Asenneth indicates that there
was a vowel following the samekh in the pronunciation they were transcribing.

> finally, the greek translators may have consulted other sources (aramaic,
> phoenician etc) in transliterating these names. and these names may have
> been
> non-hebrew to begin with.

It's very doubtful there were any other sources to consult. These were not
common Hebrew words that had equivalents in Aramaic or other non-Hebrew
sources, but foreign names that probably only occurred in these particular
places. The only guide would be the oral tradition.

--
Will Parsons


  • [b-hebrew] OSENNETH?, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 01/27/2012
    • Re: [b-hebrew] OSENNETH?, Will Parsons, 01/27/2012

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