George: On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:41 AM, George Athas <[email protected]>wrote:
> Karl, I suspect the transliteration to 'Havenu' (rather than 'Hevenu') is > due to English pronunciation, rather than Hebrew. It's similar, I believe, > to the way 'Hallelujah' is often transliterated as 'Alleluia'. > > This one I know. This is a transliteration of a transliteration (I’m not sure if Latin is also involved) where absent the accent marks in modern printings, the Greek did not have a visual indication of the initial ‘h’, if it even pronounced it at all. As for where havenu came from, I have no idea. When one is the only one in a group that knows Hebrew and is handed a messed up transliteration like that, one is reduced to guessing. > If you get a grammar book, you should be able to consult verb tables > (usually at the back) to show you the various permutations with the root. > They are also available on line. > > > GEORGE ATHAS > Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) > www.moore.edu.au > > > Karl W. Randolph. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
