[B-Greek] Fwd: Re: TREIS KAI DEKA should be DEKATREIS
bitan buth
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
Sat Sep 24 11:07:23 EDT 2005
>As an additional aside, with an "i" instead of "e" we
have the only, actual English cognate [albeit, more
Anglicized than transliterated] with "kai" in
technical term used in psychology -
"triskaidekaphobia" = fear of 13.
Larry N. Baker
Moore, OK>
This represents the standard KOINE pronunciation, transmitted
thru a Byzantine spelling tradition.
PLEASE NOTE: I've changed the name of this thread because the
Preferred KOINE number is DEKATREIS DEKATESSARES KTL
Not TREIS KAI DEKA.
ERRWSQE
Randall Buth
Randall Buth, PhD
Biblical Language Center
www.biblicalulpan.org
c/o margbuth at gmail.com
also, Director, Biblical Studies in Israel
under Rothberg International School,
Hebrew University
ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
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