Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Jim wrote:

"As I see it, that means that if we see a Q at the end of an ancient
name in the Bible that has an Aramaic or pre-Aramaic connection, that "Q"
may be an ancient Aramaic ayin, not a true qof/Q."


No, Jim, that's not correct. If you see a qof, you won't have an original 
ayin - you will have an original qof or possible a sade. Your theory doesn't 
work with Semitic linguistics, and also has to bounce between Old Aramaic, 
Imperial Aramaic, and Hebrew. It's not plausible linguistically, or 
historically.



Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au