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  • From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Eve/Chavvah.
  • Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:45:04 -0400


>===== Original Message From Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it> =====
>I would have thought that the Greek
>equivalent sound of khet was chi and of kaf was kappa.
>Perhaps the pronunciation of the Hebrew was different
>from what we understand it.

For khet, at least, I could see some question. As a pharyngeal fricative,
it's
probably not close enough to the velar chi to merit a one-to-one
correspondence. Kaf might be a problem because of its potential to sound like
a kappa or a chi.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics





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