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Re: Jewish names

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 1, 2000, 4:40
On 1 Aug, Steg wrote:

>On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:31:34 -0400 Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> writes: >> What stands in Hebrew for the Greek <o:> in Io:nas, Io:se:ph, >> Abessalo:m, >> etc.? >> >> >> Basilius >- > >Yonah is spelled with a hholam-malei (carrier "vav" with a hholam /o/ dot >on top). >Yoseif is also spelled with a hholam-malei. >Avshalom as well.
But in the name "Moshe", the "hholam" (to use the same system of transliteration as Steg so as not to confuse things here) is what is called "hhaser" (= lacking), with only the dot on top, without the carrier "vav" below it ("malei" means "full"). Whether or not this signified a pronounciation difference from the "hholam-malei" in ancient times, I don't know. Dan Sulani -------------------------------------------------------------------- likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a. A word is an awesome thing.