Pronunciation, spelling and meaning of Old Testament Biblical Place Names and Personal Names

Hebrew place names and personal names and some Hebrew words that appear in the King James and other versions of the bible were transliterated according to an often incorrect and arbitrary method, and sometimes several words were run together either in the Hebrew original or gratuitously in the translation.

These errors originated before the publication of the King James Version, but one of the rules adopted by the translators was to retain the "vulgar" or common pronunciations, just perpetuating distorted pronunciations such as Jehosaphat for Yehoshaphat.

Very often the biblical name of a place or person has a meaning in the context of the story being told, as names of persons were often assumed names or nicknames. Sometimes the original is unintelligible from the English transcription, which came by way of Latin and Greek.

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Meaning and pronunciation of Hebrew names in the Old Testament

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Pronunciation, spelling and meaning of Old Testament Biblical Place Names and Personal Names

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