Re: Bible book names in original languages

On Fri, 10 May 2002 20:36:10 -0500 Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
writes:
> Does anybody what the names are in the original languages
> (including
> translation and pronunciation), etiher Greek or Hebrew?
> I would also appreciate the name of the characters.
> Thank you in advance.
> -- Carlos Th
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notes:
[w] could have been pronounced [v] at the time
[t'] = emphatic [t]
[s'] = emphatic [s]
[3] = voiced pharyngeal fricative/approximant
[H] = voiceless pharyngeal fricative

For the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) here it goes:

1. names
2. classical masoretic pronounciation (reconstructed)
3. modern israeli pronounciation
4. spelling

the Torah:

Genesis: Bereishit  [b@re:Si:T]  /bereSit/
bet reish alef shin yud tav

Exodus: Shemot  [S@mo:T]  /Semot/
shin mem vav tav

Leviticus: Vayiqra  [wajjiqrO:?]  /vajikra/
vav yud quf reish alef

Numbers: Bemidbar  [b@miDbar]  /bemidbar/
bet mem dalet bet reish

Deuteronomy: Devarim  [d@vO:ri:m]  /devarim/
dalet bet reish yud mem-sofit

the Nevi'im: ("Prophets")

Joshua: Yehoshua  [j@ho:Sua3]  /jehoSua/
yud hei vav shin `ayin

Judges: Shoftim  [So:f@t'i:m]  /Softim/
shin vav pei tet yud mem-sofit

Samuel: Shmuel  [S@mu:?e:l]  /Smuel/
shin mem vav alef lamed

Kings: Melakhim  [m@lO:xi:m]  /mlaxim/
mem lamed kaf yud mem-sofit

Isaiah: Yesha`yahu  [j@Sa3jO:hu:]  /jeSajahu/
yud shin `ayin yud hei vav

Jeremiah: Yirmiyahu  [jirm@jO:hu:]  /jirmijahu/
yud reish mem yud hei vav

Ezekiel: Yehhezqeil  [j@HEzqe:l]  /jexezkel/
yud hhet zayin quf alef lamed

the Twelve: Trey-`Asar  [t@rej 3OsOr]  /tre asar/
tav reish yud (dash) `ayin sin reish
also known as
Shneim-`Asar  [S@ne:(j)m 3OsOr]  /Snem asar/
shin nun yud mem-sofit (dash) `ayin sin reish

The Twelve is one book, containing the sub-books named:

Hosea: Hoshea`  [Ho:Se:a3]  /hoSea/
hei vav shin `ayin

Joel: Yoeil  [jo:?e:l]  /joel/
yud vav alef lamed

Amos: `Amos  [3O:mo:s]  /amos/
`ayin mem vav samekh

Obadiah: `Ovadya  [3o(:)vaDjO:]  /ovadja/
`ayin (vav) bet dalet yud hei

Jonah: Yona  [jo:nO:]  /jona/
yud vav nun hei

Micah: Mikha  [mi:xO:]  /mixa/
mem yud kaf hei

Nahum: Nahhum  [naHu:m]  /naxum/
nun hhet vav mem-sofit

Habakuk: Hhavaquq  [Ha<ultrashort>vaqqu:q]  /xavakuk/
hhet bet quf vav quf

Zephaniah: Tzefanya  [s'@fanjO:]  /tsefanja/
tzadi pei nun yud hei

Haggai:  Hhagai  [Haggaj]  /xagaj/
hhet gimel yud

Zachariah: Zekharya  [z@xarjO:]  /zexarja/
zayin kaf reish yud hei

Malachai: Mal'akhi  [mal?O:xi:]  /mal(?)axi/
mem lamed alef kaf yud

the Ketuvim: ("Writings")

Psalms: Tehillim  [t@hilli:m]  /tehilim/
tav hei lamed yud mem-sofit

Proverbs: Mishley  [miSlej]  /miSle/
mem shin lamed yud

Job: Iyov  [?ijjo:v]  /ijov/
alef yud vav bet

Song of Songs: Shir haShirim  [Si:r haSSi:ri:m]  /Sir haSirim/
shin yud reish (dash) hei shin yud reish yud mem-sofit

Ruth: Rut [ru:T]  /rut/
reish vav tav

Lamentation: Eikha  [?e:(j)xO:]  /exa/
alef yud kaf hei

Ecclesiastes: Qohelet  [qo(:)hElET]  /kohelet/
quf hei lamed tav

Esther: Ester  [?Este:r]  /ester/
alef sin tav reish

Daniel: Daniyeil  [dO:nijje:l]  /dani(j)el/
dalet nun yud alef lamed

Chronicles: Divrey-Hayamim  [divre(:)j hajjO:mi:m]  /divre hajamim/
dalet bet reish yud (dash) hei yud mem yud mem-sofit


Oh, and btw:

Hebrew Bible: Tanakh  /tanax/
tav nun (double-apostrophe / quote-mark) kaf-sofit


-Stephen (Steg)