On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:05:55 +0200, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr> wrote:
I have a problem with Khepera being compared with Hophra.
The pronunciation kh_p_r is archaic Egyptian. Coptic is palatalized sh_p
Archaic *khapar > Coptic shop
Phonetically something is wrong.
What evidence is there that Egyptian ḫ/kh was pronounced [ʃ] at the time of
Jeremiah? The time between "archaic" Egyption and Coptic stretches over a
lo-o-o-ng time, and I'm unaware of any confusion between ḫ/kh and š/sh in
classical Egyptian.
William Parsons***
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