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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ancient pronunciation of biblical names
  • Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:40:36 -0500

Uri:

I thought we were discussing pre-Galut Babel pronunciation.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>

>
>
> Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com> wrote:
> Isn’t there evidence for more changes than just these listed?
>
> > >
> > There are very many names which appear in the Hebrew Bible with reduced
> > first vowels but in the Septuagint in longer forms. Other examples are
> > Samson (Hebrew: Shimshon), Solomon (Hebrew: Sh'lomo) and Sodom (Hebrew:
> > S'dom).
>
> The LXX was probably closer to original pronounciations , compare
> with classical Arabic which retained most of the so-called proto-Semitic
> forms; however compare also with cuneiform evidence for private names.
>
> It all depends on what period one refers to when one consider "ancient
> pronounciation". Are we discussing here only the late Second Temple period?
>
> Uri_______________________________________________
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