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  • From: "Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Eve/Chavvah.
  • Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:21:25 +0200


>Basically, since Greek has no letter equivilant to the Heth in Hawwah ("X"
>is a "Kh"), it used an Eta (H). This was then picked up by the Latin as
>Eva, Eve etc.

Strangely enough, it's not that straightforward.
Hebron in Greek was xebrwn.
Habur was xabwr(as).
Hadad (Gen 25:15) was xodad (& variations).

Placenames fared better than people's names.
However, you will find chi for khet in some
people's names in the LXX. Hilkiah is usually
xelkias (as in 2 Kgs 22), but in Ezra and
Nehemiah it is elkias.


Ian






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