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A Hellenic language principally spoken in Greece.
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Why is "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" transliterated with a Chi in Matthew and Mark?
Your connection to the Arabic word سَبَحَ is problematic, because χ is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew ח only when it was pronounced /x/, not /ħ/. … The proper Greek transliteration of שבחתני would probably be something like σαββαθανι. …
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Why did some Hebrew words beginning with Yod become transliterated into Latin as "hi?"
Since readers unschooled in Hebrew had to guess for themselves whether the Greek word began with a rough breathing mark, both Ierousalem and Hierousalem, Ieremias and Hieremias existed in Greek. … Since the Greek words don't mark breathing, only the Latin is helpful here. …
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