Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Some Greek transliterations
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:30 -0500
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]?"