[Heb-NACO] Romanisation of בביזנטיון

Tue Jul 25 10:53:08 EDT 2023

Hi Vanessa:

The HCM pp.17-18 "Foreign loan words" discusses this point briefly, but the
only guidance provided is " A few loan words are also treated as though
exempt from the rules governing the aspiration/ non-aspiration of b/v,
k/kh, and p/f when preceded by an open syllable."  There are a couple of
examples, but that's the extent of it.
For my money, I'm fine with either in the absence of a solid rule, but if I
had to pick one, "be-Vizantyon" based on the example of "be-Vavel" from the
Bible e.g. Jeremiah 51:42.

My two cents

Bob

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 6:09 AM Freedman, Vanessa via Heb-naco <
heb-naco at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> How would you Romanise בביזנטיון (in Byzantium)? I would think
> be-Vizanṭyon but OCLC 1378074102 has be-Bizanṭyon. Would you retain the B
> after be- because it’s a foreign loan word? Thanks Vanessa Vanessa Freedman
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> How would you Romanise  בביזנטיון (in Byzantium)? I would think
> be-Vizanṭyon but OCLC 1378074102 has be-Bizanṭyon. Would you retain the B
> after be- because it’s a foreign loan word?
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