Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Mathias van den Bossche <m.vdb AT free.fr>]

En réponse à Christian Hoffmann <christian.hoffmann AT wsl.ch>:

> Dear haverim,
> 
> Not so long we discussed the choice of qatal as the paradigmatic stem for
> Hebrew verb grammar. We went through all the possible combinations,
> sorting out unwanted consonants, like 
> aleph, he, waw, khet, 

Just a side question :

Although the Israelis of European origin do not distinguish 
khaf from het, Hebrew speakers of biblical times certainly did. 

Is it a widespread use in the academic community to call "khet" 
the letter whose name was pronounced something like [He:t] with 
"pharyngal h", or is there an alternative widespread name like 
"hhet" or "h.et" or anything else ? It is a precision which can 
have a strong teaching impact, isn't it ? 

Thanks in advance

Mathias