Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>]

It's been said that the semitic word "shabaqtani" is behind the Greek word 
"sabachthani" in the
Gospels. However, are there any other occurences, biblical or otherwise, in 
which the Greek letter
CHI is used to transliterate the semitic QOPH? It seems to be an odd 
correspondence. In
pronunciation, the Greek "sabachthani" also seems very close to Hebrew 
"zabaxtani" - "you have
sacrificed me".

????

Regards.
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GEORGE ATHAS
 Dept of Semitic Studies,
 University of Sydney
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