Re: Jewish names

On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:19:02 +0300 Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
writes:
> >>Avshalom as well.
> Well, yes and no.
> Actually, upon further checking, it turns out that the name
> "Avshalom"
> is spelled in the Hebrew both with "hholam-malei" _and_  with
> "hholam-hhaser"! Samuel 2 has many examples of both spellings:
> for example, "hholam-malei" -- chap 3, verse 3; "holam hhaser"--
> chap 13 verse 4. In the Septuagint, they're both spelled with the
> "o"
> represented by the Greek letter "omega" (no upsilon).
>  Thus, it looks as if no difference
> in pronounciation was implied by "hholam" being either "malei" or
> "hhoser".
> Dan Sulani
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Oops....i wasn't sure where to find Avshalom's name, so all i found was
one instance of it.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "...and he had never told him 'no' in his life..."