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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Initial "Beged Kefet" consonants always have a...
  • Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:50:14 +0300

I suggest only one possible inaccuracy, in the transliteration of Keturah.

What's wrong with that? Kof aspirated in non-accented syllable. Greeks heard it correctly.
As for the double t in Hettura, could it be like the doubling in Italian? Alternatively, could the first syllable he be semi-stressed (strongly aspirated h makes the syllable sound accented)? Something like, HE/tturAh, Hebrew acccent, rather than Greek HetUrah. Then, post-tonic gemination. Still another possibility is that Greeks heard short u, and accented correctly on antepenult, HEtturah, straightforward post-tonic gemination.
Translators of such a large corpus are unlikely to err in names. Possibly, but unlikely.

No, they were working also from what they heard read in synagogues.

chanted, not read?

Vadim Cherny




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