To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Eve/Chavvah.
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:45:04 -0400
>===== Original Message From Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it> =====
>I would have thought that the Greek
>equivalent sound of khet was chi and of kaf was kappa.
>Perhaps the pronunciation of the Hebrew was different
>from what we understand it.
For khet, at least, I could see some question. As a pharyngeal fricative,
it's
probably not close enough to the velar chi to merit a one-to-one
correspondence. Kaf might be a problem because of its potential to sound like
a kappa or a chi.