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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Consistency; Initial "Beged Kefet" consonants always have a...
  • Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:42:06 +0300

HH: Thanks for posting this list of Hebrew names, LXX transliterations, and their respective pronunciations in our alphabet. What it suggests to me is that the Greek names did not use a consistent transliteration system (i.e., use of K and C), and some of the transliterations are contrary to the evidence of the Hebrew letters (i.e., DAMASKOS, CALANNI, IOQOR).

Of course, the translators were consistent. It would be odd for them to be inconsistent.
But the consistency accounts for certain changes. Greek accents the names differently from Hebrew. That phenomenon is common enough, e.g., Russiav ivAn vs. English Ivan. Next, consonants in accented syllables lose much of their aspiration (accented vowel pulls the aspiration). And, on the other hand, consonants in non-accented syllables are relatively more aspirated. When the syllables in Hebrew names lost stress when pronounced according to Greek stressing convention, their consonants became more aspirated. This explains k-kh change.
Gemination is, of course, simply post-tonic (Calanni - stress shift and the resulting gemination).

Vadim Cherny




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