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  • From: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • To: "Randall Buth" <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: etter names
  • Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:57:23 -0500



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall Buth [mailto:ButhFam AT compuserve.com]
> Sent: Fri, December 21, 2001 6:52 AM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Cc: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: lre: etter names
>
>
> shalom Mathias
>
> >
> >Although the Israelis of European origin do not distinguish
> >khaf from het, Hebrew speakers of biblical times certainly did.
>
> And many today.
>
> >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 ? <
>
> Many people still correctly pronounce the Het as a pharyngeal fricative
> here in Israel and abroad, especially when reading scripture.
> (Our teachers and recorded materials for the courses at
> www.biblicalulpan.org all distinguish Het from xaf in pronunciation.)

If the het is a pharingial fricative, what is the kaf?
and do you distinguish tet from tav?
thanks.
Liz
>
> shabbat shalom
>
> Randall Buth
>
>
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