Biblical Hebrew Forum

[davidfentonism AT aim.com]

Hey, on an even more famous note, Jesus' real name is Yeshua.
   
 -----Original Message-----
 From: uhurwitz AT yahoo.com
 To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
 Sent: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 6:03 PM
 Subject: [b-hebrew] Ben Sira's Spelling
 
    The conventional Heb. spelling is with an Alef at the end:
   Ben Sira.
   
    Conventional spelling of names does not neccessarily reflect
   
  historical usage. For instance, the the famous Bar Kokhba's name was
   
   actually Bar Koziba.
   
    Uri

   
   
  By the way, the guy's name was Sirach or Ben Sirach, so why do people 
drop the final "ch"?

-- 
Peter Kirk


 
   
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