Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

If Yah had eyes in human form, just as we do, how was he able to see 
David growing in his mother's womb?

If Yah had a physical back, how is he able to see all things? (even 
what is behind him)

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Greetings,

I have asked about this at two different locations, one being my forum and 
the other being the Yahoo Group LXX. I have received excellent information 
from both, especially from Robert Kraft. My question is primarily about ayin 
and ghayin and the dating of the LXX. Perhaps I jumped the gun a bit in my 
forum, but it still makes me wonder. Bob Kraft alerted me to the article by 
Frederick (Fritz) Knobloch "Hebrew Sounds in Greek Script: An Analysis of 
Transcriptions and Related Phenomena in the Septuagint, with Special Focus 
on Genesis." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania (available from 
University Microfilms), 1995. My question is two-fold. First, does anyone 
have this dissertation and second, does anyone have more information about 
the letter ghayin before it fell out of use in Hebrew? I was wandering 
because in the LXX (or rather, certain Old Greek translations) sometimes an 
ayin is translated as a vowel and sometimes as a gamma. Could ayin/ghayin 
have been the same letter much like sin/shin was, but fell out of use before 
diacritics? What about the disapparence of the uvular h?

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Chris Weimer
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