[B-Greek] /sh/ sound?
Ted Shoemaker
tedsmath at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 4 20:20:06 EST 2004
Hello,
How best would you express the English /sh/ sound
in ancient Greek?
My first guess was to trace it through Judges 12:6,
because that passage turns on the pronunciation of
the /sh/ sound. But as you can see below, the
translators of the LXX chose not to transliterate it.
Anybody know?
Judges 12:6a
KJV:
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he
said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce
it right . . . .
LXX:
KAI EIPAN AUTW EIPON DH STACUS KAI OU KATEUQUNE(N)
TOU LALHSAI OUTWS . . . .
My rough translation of LXX:
And they said to him, "Say 'grain', right now!"
And he could not pronounce it clearly . . . .
Thank you very mush! ;)
Ted Shoemaker
Madishon, Wishconshin
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Ted Shoemaker
"If homeschoolers can't be socialized, they'll just have to settle for being civilized."
(Robert Morrison)
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