Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>]

> 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