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Elymas or Etoimas?
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Shlama,

in Acts 13:8 there's a variant in the Greek spelling of this fella's name:

elumav = Elymas

etoimav = Etoimas

the Peshitta has the rendering of:

[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Smwl0[/font] = Aluwmas

but if misread as:

[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Smw=0[/font] = Atuwmas

how easy would it be to see a [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]l[/font] and accidentally read a [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]=[/font] ?

whadda y'all think? a good explanation for the Greek variant spelling? otherwise, the lamda and tau in Greek don't look as similar as the Aramaic's two possible letters - but if there were smears or blemishes under the lamadh, it might have caught the attention of the Greek scribe and caused him to render it as a tet.


Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
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Elymas or Etoimas? - by Burning one - 03-12-2010, 05:20 AM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by Sami Rabia - 06-28-2010, 07:31 PM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by Burning one - 06-28-2010, 08:11 PM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by Sami Rabia - 06-28-2010, 08:22 PM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by Burning one - 06-29-2010, 08:46 PM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by Sami Rabia - 06-30-2010, 08:58 AM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by Burning one - 07-04-2010, 08:26 AM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by enarxe - 06-22-2013, 12:27 AM
Re: Elymas or Etoimas? - by Burning one - 06-22-2013, 04:46 AM

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