Bible Question: There are many names in the bible (NT and OT) that start with the letter "J". How can this be so if the letter "J" didn't evolve until circa 500 A.D. and no phonetic sound exists in Hebrew? |
Bible Answer: Hello, I can answer this question. In the Hebrew, the closest equivilent is the "yod" or "y" sound. That's why most of the transliterations of Hebrew use "y". When translating into greek, The "yod" was replaced with the Greek "Iota" or "I". When the Bible was translated into Latin, they used the Latin "I" as well. When Luther came along and translated the Bible into German, he used the German "J" instead. When the bible was translated into English, they used the German usage of "J" istead of "I" or "Y". Another little change used by Luther was using the German "V" in place of the Hebrew, greek, Latin "W". That's how you get from the Hebrew "YHWH" to the English "Jehovah". Jesusman |
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