Guest yod Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 So are you saying that Latin is "better" than Greek?? Is English better than Spanish??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted October 6, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted October 6, 2004 It is not particularly unusual for the same name to take different forms as it travels from language to language, sometimes morphing beyond recognition! The name "James" for example started out as "Ya'acov" in Hebrew, came out "Jacques" in French, "James" in English and "Diego" in Spanish! There is no conspiracy at work here, just ordinary phonetic slippage. That's interesting - A name taken from Hebrew to English vs. Hebrew to Greek/Latin to English. "Ya'acov" is both Jacob and James. "Yeshua" is both Joshua and Jesus. (Whatever word) is both Miriam and Mary. I believe I've heard a few others, but I forget - Like "Lazerus" I believe is "Eliazar"? And I forget what "John' turns out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 It is not particularly unusual for the same name to take different forms as it travels from language to language, sometimes morphing beyond recognition! The name "James" for example started out as "Ya'acov" in Hebrew, came out "Jacques" in French, "James" in English and "Diego" in Spanish! There is no conspiracy at work here, just ordinary phonetic slippage. That's interesting - A name taken from Hebrew to English vs. Hebrew to Greek/Latin to English. "Ya'acov" is both Jacob and James. "Yeshua" is both Joshua and Jesus. (Whatever word) is both Miriam and Mary. I believe I've heard a few others, but I forget - Like "Lazerus" I believe is "Eliazar"? And I forget what "John' turns out to be. John is the English variant for the Hebrew name "Jochanan." Also, Mary is the English variant for "Miriam." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yod Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 wouldn't that be Yochanan since hebrew has no "j" sound? Ian is a version of John...but the Greek would be Yanni, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 wouldn't that be Yochanan since hebrew has no "j" sound? Ian is a version of John...but the Greek would be Yanni, right? Yeah... that would be correct Just another one of my many Freudian slips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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