geoffreycaveney's Judaeo-Greek theory

[ChenZheChina]

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3. You have given a comparison between Hebrew Alphabet and Greek Alphabet of the same sentence, to show that it is possible to write Greek in Hebrew letters and niqqud.




Let’s take the first line for an example. The line in Hebrew Alphabet is:

Code:

קֵאִיטוֹן פְרוֹפִיטִיאָהקִירִיאוּ

The line in Greek Alphabet is:

Code:

καὶ ἦτον προφητεία κυρίου

We could easily map syllables between sides:

קֵ - καὶ
אִי - ἦ
טוֹ - το
ן - ν
פְ - π
רוֹ - ρο
פִי - φη
טִי - τεί
אָה - α
קִי - κυ
רִי - ρί
אוּ - ου

And, more important, you have also shown that Hebrew Bet could be used to express /v/ as in the fourth line:

The line in Hebrew Alphabet is:

Code:

אַנַשְׁטָאפּוֹרֶבְגוּ

The line in Greek Alphabet is:

Code:

ἀνάστα πορεύγου

The mappings between sides are obviously:

אַ - ἀ
נַ - νά
שְׁ - σ
טָא - τα
פּוֹ - πο
רֶבְ - ρεύ
גוּ - γου

And the same υ, could be expressed by Hebrew Feh, if it sounds /f/ instead of /v/, as in the later part of that webpage.

The line in Hebrew Alphabet is:

Code:

אָנִיר פְּרוֹשׁ אֵטֵירוֹן אַפְטוּ פּוֹרֶפְטִיטֵי

The line in Greek Alphabet is:

Code:

ἀνὴρ πρὸς ἑταῖρον αὐτοῦ πορευτῆτε

The mappings are:

אָ - ἀ
נִי - νὴ
ר - ρ
פְּ - π
רוֹ - ρὸ
שׁ - ς
אֵ - ἑ
טֵי - ταῖ
רוֹ - ρο
ן - ν
אַפְ - αὐ
טוּ - τοῦ
פּוֹ - πο
רֶפְ - ρευ
טִי - τῆ
טֵי - τε

As we could see, when the writer choose Hebrew letters, they prefer real pronunciation over traditional spelling, etymology, orthography, or whatever we name it.

This is another reason that I think that your theory of Voynich letters being preferring pronunciation over orthography is acceptable.

(This is long, so I’ll write in separate posts)