[Heb-NACO] Sans clue

[Neil Manel Frau-Cortes]

Hi,

This is probably unlikely, but in Medieval Catalan (and hence in some
Ladino dialects) Jafudà is a form of Yehudah. For instance, google Jafuda
Cresques, the Catalan version of Yehudah Cresques.


Neil M. Frau-Cortes

UMD

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Robert M. TALBOTT <
rtalbott at library.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hello folks:
>
> I've encountered a name that's got me checking places I don't normally
> check, and since I've drawn blanks, it's time to check with the group.
>
> Sefer Toldot hakhme ha-Kara'im is the book, and the author is IU. D.
> Kokizov.  On p. 9 his name is given as ha-rav Yehudah (??) ben ha-r.
> R. Kokhizov.
>
> ?? = יופודה
>
> Spelled out, that's yud-vav-feh-vav-dalet-heh.  Yufudah, Yofodah,
> Yufodah, Yofodeh, etc.; every single one of the vowels is
> questionable.  More, the feh may be a peh, or may simply be an error
> (given his geographic region and assuming the the name is a Yehudah
> derivative, a "g" might more likely since Russian likes to render
> foreign h's as g's (e.g., Kohen ----> Kagan, etc.)
> I checked in Beider on the off-chance that yud-vav-feh-vav-dalet-heh
> is derived from Yehudah, but drew blanks.
>
> For the record, Kokhizov was a Karaite who lived in Crimea and later
> Saint Petersberg, where he vanished in 1917.
>
> Please, if you have any notion of what the vocalization of this name
> might be, please let me know.
>
> Bob
> --
> Bob Talbott
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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*Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D.*

Judaica, Hebraica and Metadata Cataloger

McKeldin Library

University of Maryland
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