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[QUOTE]Originally posted by AncientGebts: [QB] We see the usage of vowels in the names of the days of the week, as they were written in hieroglyphs. Keep in mind that different scribes were free to spell however they chose to, as there were no standardized spellings yet. In the underlying text of Genesis 1, we can see the days of the week, "Sunday" through "Thursday" (which were misinterpreted as "one" through "five" in the intentional mistranslation that became the "Bible")... Sunday = אחד = እሑድ = ihud Monday = שני = ሰኑይ = senuy Tuesday = שלישי = ሰሉስ = selus Wednesday = רביעי = ረቡዕ = rebuE' Thursday = חמישי = ሓሙስ = hamus So-called ancient Hebrew writing is not Hebrew writing at all, but simply the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing characters. The ancient Egyptian fortress being excavated in the Yafo, Tel Aviv harbor lets us know the region was part of Lower Egypt. So-called Modern Hebrew simply reflects a [i]modern[/i] version of the Dead Sea scroll-style Egyptian hieroglyphic characters. [b]Uncommon Vowel Pronunciation Sounds[/b] In the use of uncommon vowels, notice Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday all use a vowel for the [U] (oo) pronunciation sound... Monday = שני = ሰኑይ = senuy ני = nu Tuesday = שלישי = ሰሉስ = selus לי = lu Wednesday = רביעי = ረቡዕ = rebuE' בי = bu Thursday = חמישי = ሓሙስ = hamus מי = mu The reason for this is that the [U] (oo) sound is not common. Therefore the vowel is normally written (we can see this with the ancient Greek version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, as well). But also notice Sunday does not use a written vowel for the [U] (oo) sound... Sunday = אחד = እሑድ = ihud ח = hu [b]Common Vowel Pronunciation Sounds[/b] Since the [A] and [E] vowel sounds are common, it is not necessary to write them out. We can see this in the first syllables of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday... Monday = שני = ሰኑይ = senuy ש = se Tuesday = שלישי = ሰሉስ = selus ש = se Wednesday = רביעי = ረቡዕ = rebuE' ר = re Thursday = חמישי = ሓሙስ = hamus ח = ha [b]Optionally Writing Vowel Pronunciation Sounds[/b] But notice, as well, there is an unnecessary ending written vowel for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday... Tuesday = שלישי = ሰሉስ = selus שי = s Wednesday = רביעי = ረቡዕ = rebuE' עי - E (capitalized vowels are pronounced deep in the back of the throat) Thursday = חמישי = ሓሙስ = hamus שי = s [b]Vowel Pronunciation Sound Order[/b] The reason a silent-sounding vowel pronunciation sound can optionally be written is because in Ethiopian language, every consonant has a vowel, even when they sound silent. Ethiopian vowels follow the following order (from the Ethiopian book "Amharic for Foreigners" by Semere Woldegabir)... 1st order: he = ሐ (e as in "pleasure") 2nd order: hu = ሑ (u as in "Luke") 3rd order: hee = ሒ (ee as in "deep") 4th order: ha = ሓ (a as in "father") 5th order: hae = ሔ (ae as in "late") 6th order: hi = ሕ (i as in "ship") 7th order: ho = ሖ (o as in "no") When writing out Ethiopian pronunciations with Latin letters, only the 6th order is not necessary to write the vowel pronunciation sound... Tuesday = שלישי = ሰሉስ = selus 1st order - ስ = se 6th order - ስ = s So, it is possible that while today it is not necessary to write the 6th order vowel, but in ancient times it was optional. Because sometimes certain scribes wrote out the 6th order pronunciation, although probably most ancient Egyptian scribes did not. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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