Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

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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