Re: aleif beit

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Mark E. Shoulson" <mark@...> wrote:

> suzmccarth wrote:
>
> >However, in the Septuagint, it looks as if a Greek 'omega' was

used

> >as an equivalent for Hebrew 'vav'. Did 'omega' have a latent 'v'
> >sound?
> >
> >
> No (well, actually maybe; I wouldn't know), but vav does have

an "o"

> sound. In addition to its consonant sound, it is also one of the

matres

> lectionis, used to represent a vowel sound of "o" or "u"

(depending on

> the diacritics).

Yes, of course, I get it now. Thanks. The rest of the Greek
alphabet used in Psalm 119 (Septuagint Psalm 118) is something I
haven't figured out yet but some other time. Unless someone else
knows.

Suzanne

> ~mark