Hebrew=Aramaic?

Trevor Peterson 06PETERSON at cua.edu
Thu Aug 29 11:57:26 EDT 2002


>===== Original Message From "Richard A. Stauch" <rstauch at charter.net> =====
>Hi Trevor,
>
>Your post raised one quick question in my mind, on pronunciation. The
>Zeta in BHQZAQA: my understanding is that a non-beginning Zeta is
>pronounced "d-z", but I am having a hard time doing that. Should I keep
>trying, or does it really matter?

I wouldn't try, especially with an immediately preceding dental. Besides, the 
word being represented here is actually a Semitic compound: bet-zeta. So the 
Greek is an approximation in any event.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics




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