Hi Yodan, On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:26:49 -0700, "Yodan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Shalom to all, > > Can someone who is able to read the Greek LXX help me out with the > names HIRAM, HIROM, and HURAM (as these names are transliterated > from Hebrew). > > How do they appear in the LXX - like in Hebrew, or are all of them > Hiram as I have been told? > > HIRAM - in II Samuel 5:17.
I think you mean 5:11, but it is Χιραμ/Chiram. > HIROM - in I Kings 5:24. Likewise Χιραμ/Chiram. > HURAM - in I Chronicles 8:5. I see Ωιμ/Oïm. Quite different. It does suggest that the first vowel was a back vowel (like [o] or [u]) rather the front vowel [i] of the other forms. The lack of the initial Χ/chi of the other forms may be an indication that the older distinction between two pronunciations of heth had now been merged into one - the lighter of the two. -- William Parsons μη φαινεσθαι, αλλ' ειναι. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
