The Gezer calendar is written without any vowels, and it does not use consonants to imply vowels even in the places where later Hebrew spelling requires it. The Shebna lintel, from the tomb of a royal steward found in Siloam, dates to the 7th century BCE. Numerous older tablets have ...
Aaron is a name of subtle contrasts: an unusual spelling that is easily recognizable; a solid Biblical choice that doesn’t feel exclusively tied to religion; a well-established name for boys but sometimes confused with the girls’ name, Erin; used internationally but with notably different pronu...
Ezra Origin: Hebrew Meaning: "help" Description: Ezra has a lot going for it: the strength of its heroic Biblical legacy, its quirky sound, and its fresh but familiar feel. Ezra is now at its highest point ever, but its intuitive streamlined spelling and deep roots could make it a worth...
Hebrew, an ancient northwest Semitic language, has served as the principal language of Judaism, even after the Jews ceased to speak Hebrew as their everyday language. The Hebrew Scriptures (‘Old Testament,’‘written Torah’) of ancient Israel were mainly in Hebrew. Brief sections of Ezra and...
I found just one error in Logos compared to the print text. TheAccordancetext of Göttingen for Isaiah, by contrast, had 14 spelling mistakes, misplaced words, or wrong inflections in that same span. This was a surprise to me, since Accordance aims to produce “research-grade” texts, a...
Part of Speech: VerbTransliteration: balahhPronunciation: bah-LAHPhonetic Spelling: (baw-lah')Definition: To wear out, to waste away, to decayMeaning: to palpitate, to terrify Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3822 (palaioō): To make old, to become ...
The Masorites, as subsequently the grammarians, had to differentiate between the several forms of the words found in the Biblical text, to unite the similar ones into groups, to register the peculiarities of the text, and to formulate rules for spelling and reading. But their work shows no ...
Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine Transliteration:Yachzyah Pronunciation:yahk-zeh-YAH Phonetic Spelling:(yakh-zeh-yaw') Definition:Jahaziah Meaning:Jachzejah Word Origin:Derived from the Hebrew root חזה (chazah), meaning "to see" or "to behold," combined with יה (Yah), a ...
In fact, to judge from the hieroglyphical inscriptions in the Pyramid of Medum, it seems that this was the earliest spelling of the word. Thus Amenhetep would be Amenhept. Now Hept (Gr.<>Επτα) in Egyptian also signifies the number seven. This may be related to the work of ...
These spellings do not accurately reflect the monophthongization of these diphthongs (one would expect "i" and "e" respectively).101 98 Note: the line division is not original. The Greek and transliterated text in italics is missing in the OSw. manuscript. 99 Lat.: 'The Greek "Hail ...