Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Israel A. Cohen" <izzy_cohen AT bmc.com>]

> 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. 

It seems one ancient het had a W-sound, parallel to
ancient Greek digamma and Germanic Wynn. Digamma and 
its W-sound dropped out of Greek prior to the Classical
period, so words which contained digamma ended up with 
a breathing-sound or a void.

Let me know if you want a list of words where 
Hebrew het is parallel to W in Germanic --> English.

dosh XaM = WarM greetings :-)
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