Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Martin Shields <enkidu AT bigpond.net.au>]

An interesting find, but how could the name not be "spelled  
differently" when one is written in Hebrew and the other in Akkadian?

Martin Shields,
Sydney, Australia.

On 12/07/2007, at 3:37 PM, Gary Hedrick wrote:

>             Listers, here’s an interesting story from today’s issue  
> of the
> Daily Telegraph in the UK. It suggests that a recent archaeological
> discovery from 2,500 years ago may substantiate the existence of a  
> minor
> character mentioned in the Hebrew text of Jeremiah 39. But the  
> spelling of
> the name in the recently-discovered inscription is slightly  
> different from
> the name as it appears in the MT. Interesting report, nonetheless.  
> Regards
> to all.
>
>
>
> HYPERLINK
> "http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/11/ 
> ntablet111.
> xml"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/11/ 
> ntablet1
> 11.xml