Actually it's a transliteration into English of a Greek word that's a transliteration of a Hebrew word into Greek that sort of sounds like the Hebrew original but not really.
Sir Nitpickiest-est-est ;-) On 8 Mar 2011 at 20:05, George Athas wrote: > Yes, Sir Nitpick, of course it is. But it's a transliteration of a > Hebrew word into English, and no one batters an eyelid that it > doesn't look like the Hebrew original. > > > Dr Nitpickierstill > > GEORGE ATHAS > Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) > www.moore.edu.au > > > From: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 07:29:08 -0800 > To: B-Hebrew > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hiphil? > > > > On 8 Mar 2011 at 8:41, George Athas 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'. > > Actually, "Alleluia" is a transliteration of the Greek form of the > word found in the LXX and the > New Testament. > > Regards, > Sir Nitpick > > Dave Washburn > > http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > Dave Washburn http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
