Thanks Neil.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Neil Manel Frau-Cortes <nf...@umd.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > This is probably unlikely, but in Medieval Catalan (and hence in some Ladino > dialects) Jafudà is a form of Yehudah. For instance, google Jafuda Cresques, > the Catalan version of Yehudah Cresques. > > > Neil M. Frau-Cortes > > UMD > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Robert M. TALBOTT > <rtalb...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: >> >> Hello folks: >> >> I've encountered a name that's got me checking places I don't normally >> check, and since I've drawn blanks, it's time to check with the group. >> >> Sefer Toldot hakhme ha-Kara'im is the book, and the author is IU. D. >> Kokizov. On p. 9 his name is given as ha-rav Yehudah (??) ben ha-r. >> R. Kokhizov. >> >> ?? = יופודה >> >> Spelled out, that's yud-vav-feh-vav-dalet-heh. Yufudah, Yofodah, >> Yufodah, Yofodeh, etc.; every single one of the vowels is >> questionable. More, the feh may be a peh, or may simply be an error >> (given his geographic region and assuming the the name is a Yehudah >> derivative, a "g" might more likely since Russian likes to render >> foreign h's as g's (e.g., Kohen ----> Kagan, etc.) >> I checked in Beider on the off-chance that yud-vav-feh-vav-dalet-heh >> is derived from Yehudah, but drew blanks. >> >> For the record, Kokhizov was a Karaite who lived in Crimea and later >> Saint Petersberg, where he vanished in 1917. >> >> Please, if you have any notion of what the vocalization of this name >> might be, please let me know. >> >> Bob >> -- >> Bob Talbott >> >> Principal cataloger/Hebraica cataloger >> >> UC Berkeley >> >> 250 Moffitt >> >> Berkeley, CA 94720 >> >> יול נא מי באי מאי בלאק טעלעסקאפ >> _______________________________________________ >> Heb-naco mailing list >> Heb-naco@lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/heb-naco > > > > > -- > > Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D. > > Judaica, Hebraica and Metadata Cataloger > > McKeldin Library > > University of Maryland > College Park, MD 20742 > Phone (301) 405-9337 > > nf...@umd.edu -- Bob Talbott Principal cataloger/Hebraica cataloger UC Berkeley 250 Moffitt Berkeley, CA 94720 יול נא מי באי מאי בלאק טעלעסקאפ _______________________________________________ Heb-naco mailing list Heb-naco@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/heb-naco
