Dear Karl,
The fact that Hebrew spells the name Alexander (who arrived of the scene in
333 BCE) as "Aleksander" is proof enough that at least at that time, Hebrew
did not have an /x/ sound.
There is absolutely no proof that Samekh ever had anything other than an /s/
sound, though it was obviously different originally (in early Canaanite)
than Sin.
Yigal
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