Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 05/08/2004 22:54, MarianneLuban AT aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/5/2004 1:38:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> peterkirk AT qaya.org writes:
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> > Well, how can Marianne expect sensible help if she writes "Amenophis" 
> > twice when the text is actually "Amenophei" and "Amenophews", and 
> > repeats "ton" when the text reads "tou"?
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> Chalk it up to worsening eyesight and leeeeetle Greek letters.  It *is "men 
> auto Amenophei"--but later it is "Amenopheos" (not Amenophews) with two omegas 
> in the name,  and "tou Paapis" is right.  The reason I read "ton" should be 
> obvious.  But I guess I need bi-focals!
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OK, I sometimes have the same problem, not so much with Greek as with 
Hebrew points.

By the way, W is the common convention for transliterating omega.

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