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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "Salt" Statue: Lot's Wife
  • Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:19:38 -0400

Yigal,

You write:

"Although the sounds of Het (X in the trasliteration used on this list) and Khaph seem similar to most western ears, and are in fact pronounced the same by many Israelis as
well, historically they are not, and the two letters are NEVER interchangeable".

Could you tell us, please, what does it mean that letters are "interchangeable", and how you decide which letters are "interchangeable" and which are not?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:

2. However in this case - your suggestion does not work. Although the sounds
of Het (X in the trasliteration used on this list) and Khaph seem similar to
most western ears, and are in fact pronounced the same by many Israelis as
well, historically they are not, and the two letters are NEVER
interchangable. So there is no way in which anyone would use Melax (salt)
and Melekh (king). As far as Mal)akh (messenger/angel), the Aleph is part of
the root (Lamed-Aleph-Kaph), and not just a "vowel-like letter" that can be
ignored, although a pun here might work.





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