12-03-2014, 04:27 AM
I bought the 5th edition of the AENT. I noticed that the pronunciation isn't always correct. I know that there are differences in Aramaic pronunciation (i.e. Assyrian, Syriac & Chaldean) but that is not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the use of the Hebrew vowel segol ("e" as in met) being used for the three Aramaic sounds of "i" (as in pit), "e" (as in they) and "e" (as in met). Hebrew has two other vowel pointings that Roth should have used to convey those sounds. Those three vowel pointing are seen in any voweled Hebrew Bible.