[B-Greek] B-Greek transliteration vs Strong's

Ted Shoemaker tedsmath at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 11 16:56:29 EST 2004


Katb4now at aol.com wrote:
> 
> As for Strong's AI. He does NOT write it out as "eye". He writes it
> as 
> "ahee". I can say "eye" :-)  I just can't say "ahee" very easily
> :-(

Well . . . if you think about it, the sound of "I", "eye", etc. *is*
the same as ah-ee (with the h silent).  It helps to say it 
s-l-o-w-l-y.

Also, I need to clarify something.  I said that the A in LAOS is
long.  That does *not* mean the same thing in Greek as in English.  A
Greek long vowel is long in terms of duration, not pronunciation. 
That doesn't matter much to us, except in some poetry, where rhythm
is a major factor.

As to which lexicon indicated the long sound, it was a classical
lexicon (Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary).

And finally:
My comments are not to be confused with those of someone who knows
what he's talking about!

By the way, I'm a homeschooler, too.  

Ted Shoemaker
 

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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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