Biblical Hebrew Forum

["James Spinti" <JSpinti AT Eisenbrauns.com>]

A lurker on the list pointed out to me that in Egypt there is no "L." I then 
asked a friend of mine with a Ph.D. from U of Chicago in Egyptology. Here is 
his response:

Old, Middle, and Late Egyptian transcribed foreign language "L" with Egyptian 
"r." You can refer her to Helck, Beziehungen Ägyptens zu Vorderasien (The 
Relationships of Egypt to the Near East) and to the works of Elmar Edel, both 
of whom did extensive work in the area of Egyptian transcriptions of foreign 
names. Those are off the top of my head, but if she searches these in 
books.google.com and in Egyptological web sites, it should pull up other more 
contemporary references.
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I repeat my advice to Jim: 1. Get a blog, publish your ideas in a coherent 
fashion.
        2. Learn comparative Semitics, or at least read a book or two about 
it.

I will now cease responding to this thread; it is pointless. But, I did want 
other people to realize just how impossible Jim's ideas are. Now it's someone 
else's turn to get fed up with his ramblings and respond :(

James
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-----Original Message-----
From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Bekins
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:45 AM
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] XBR vs. ubburu: Hebron

> No distinction at all between those 2 letters/sounds is made on the
> Thutmosis III list.

How exactly do you expect them to distinguish between r/l?

Peter Bekins
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