Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

What caught my eye in KIKAR כִּכָּר of 2Sam 18:23 is that the  
first K is transliterated there by a kappa, as though the Greek  
writers new to read an initial K as we read today the Hebrew letter  
kaf seen with a dot in it. But right away I saw כָּלֵב Caleb of  
Nu. 13:6 transliterated as Χαλεβ

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 30, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Will Parsons wrote:

> I can imagine someone translating the text into Greek - "Hmm,  
> ככר, is that
> [kikkʰar] or [kikʰar]?"