302 GREEK AND LATIN PROPER NAMES. Vic Vim Vin Vin Vin Vir Vir Vi-ri Vogl Vo-la Vo-lo Vo-lo Vo-li Vol-y Võlu Vo-m Vō-ti Vul-d Vul-s Vul't RULES FOR PRONOUNCING SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES, Extracted from Walker. ONE of the principal differences between the pronunciation of the Hebrew, and that of the Greek and Latin proper names, relates to the sound of the letter g, which, in words from the Greek and Latin, is soft before e, i, and y, as, Gellius, Gippius, Gyas; but, in words derived from the Hebrew, it is hard, as in Gerizim, Gideon. Several Hebrew proper names, however, by passing through the Greek of the New Testament, have become conformed to the Greek pro nunciation by softening the g; as, Genesareth, Bethphage. The letters ch are pronounced like k; as, Chebar (kē'bar), Enoch, (ē'nok) The words Rachel, Cherub (an angel), and Cherubim, are Anglicized, the ch being sounded as in cheer; but Cherub, the name of a city, is pronounced kē'rub. The pronunciation of most of the words in the following Vocabulary will be readily understood by the mode in which they are exhibited. With regard to a few words, the following rules are to be observed :— 1. The c, s, and t, before ia, ie, io, and iu, preceded by the accent, take the sound of sh, as explained in the first rule for the pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names. 2. When the vowels ia follow an accented vowel, the a is articulated by the i, like y consonant; as Achaia, Isaiah, Micaiah, Caiaphas, pronounced a-ka'ya, i-zā'yah, mī-kā'yah, kā'ya-fǎs. Note. The following Vocabulary contains all the Scripture proper names of which the pronunciation is attended with any difficulty; and the pronunciation here given is that of Walker. The words to which a star is prefixed are pronounced differently by other orthoepists, and will be found in the next table with the different pronunciation and the authorities annexed. There is much diversity with respect to the pronunciation of these names; and though Walker may be regarded as the best single authority, yet, in some cases, the pronunciation given by others is to be preferred to his. A-bila-sǎph Ab-i-selī A-chi'ram Ad'be-el *A-dón'i-kám Ad-on-i'ram A-don-i-ze'dek |