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   From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:50:46 +0100, Agamemnon wrote:   
      
   > "SolomonW"  wrote in message   
   > news:1x9lkiiq4xvhf.heet49ijd8eq.dlg@40tude.net...   
   >> On Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:13:09 +0100, Agamemnon wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "SolomonW"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:7gzqqky8ktda$.ggseizdjfn1i.dlg@40tude.net...   
   >>>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 23:23:52 +0100, Agamemnon wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>> On the other hand, at the time of Naharin, this king was named after   
   >>>>>>> Yam   
   >>>>>>> Nahar who was of course as we know from the Baal Epic, Yaw or   
   >>>>>>> Jehovah.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> This is another issue and if true shows that your point about Porphyry   
   >>>>>> above is wrong.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Wrong. It shows that my point about Porphyry is right since he   
   >>>>> explicitly   
   >>>>> states that the Jews worshiped the same gods as the Phoenicians and   
   >>>>> that   
   >>>>> they originated from defied kings. Nahor links the Jews to Naharin and   
   >>>>> Yam   
   >>>>> Nahar who from the Baal Epic we know was Yaw or Jehovah.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The Canaanites which include Phoenicians would also not have the letter   
   >>>> J.   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course they had the letter J. What do you think Yod is? It was a   
   >>> consonant in the Hebrew alphabet since the Phoenician script contained no   
   >>> vowels. Yod is the Je of Jehovah.   
   >>   
   >> No the Yod is Y. Sine we do nit use the J what will happen is   
   >   
   > Y and J are the same thing if you claim Yod is a consonant, otherwise Yod   
   > would have been a vowel used in the same way as the Greek letter Ypsilon   
   > which derived from it, ie. U.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Jaakobah  becomes in Hebrew Yaakova or Ya'akova   
   >> Similarly Jabin  becomes  Yavin   
   >> Jachin becomes Yachin   
   >> Jacob becomes Yaakov or Ya'akov   
   >> Jael is Yael or Ya¢el   
   >   
   > Which if Yod is a consonant can equally well be pronounced as J.   
   >   
      
   Transcription is frequently done for people's names, as such we have the   
   pronunciation of Hebrew names written in ancient Greek and Latin. It is a   
   Y.   
      
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