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Re: Barukh "Susa'i" ben-Yohhanan?

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 23, 2000, 23:36
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:37:55 +0200 BP Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> "Susa'i" sounds right to me. Does it to Hebraists too? Any clue of > the > Arabic equivalent, since that would make me both ibn-<Whatever> and > abu-<Whatever>! :-)
- Well, Susa'i sounds okay to me...What exactly it would mean i don't know, though :-) .
> OTOH I always thought that the Sindarin form "Melroch" sounds kinda > Persian, so maybe it can pass in Hebrew too? > /BP 8^)>
- Melroch....hmm....it could fit, although it doesn't seem to fit any pattern that i can think of at the moment....but only if the _ch_ is a /k/ or /x/, not if it's a /tS/. -Stephen (Steg) "_nu? ata rotzeh lihyot qoseim?_"