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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Liz Fried <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Variants of YHWH in the BHS Text
  • Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:52:09 -0700

On 28/09/2003 10:46, Liz Fried wrote:


OK, The point is only to stick an aspirated h in the middle
of the Greek word. Doesn't Greek represent the w with an upsilon?
How do you pronounce uios (son) -- weos?
Liz

Yes, more or less, but only before iota. Greek upsilon alone is pronounce like French u or German u umlaut. And upsilon - iota is probably pronounced with this sound rather than a straight u sound, which is always omicron - upsilon cf. French ou. The closest we get in English to Greek upsilon alone is probably in the word "hue", at least as some pronounce it with a rather whistling sound. Not a Hebrew sound at all.



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