The Secunda is the second column of Origen 's Hexapla , a compilation of the Hebrew Bible and Greek versions. It consists of a transliteration of the Hebrew text of the Hebrew Bible into the Greek alphabet. As such it serves as an important document for Hebrew philology , in particular the study of Biblical Hebrew phonology.
6-706: [REDACTED] Look up secunda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Secunda , a variant of the number two (2), may refer to: Secunda (Hexapla) , the first known Hebrew-Greek transliteration of The Old Testament, attributed to Author Origen Secunda, South Africa , a town developed by Sasol fuel company Rufina and Secunda , Roman virgin-martyrs and Christian saints Don E. Secunda , founder of U.S. Gas and Electric Sholom Secunda (1894–1974), American composer of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Thomas Secunda , co-founder of Bloomberg L.P. Palaestina Secunda ,part of
12-468: A preexisting text. By the time of Origen <η αι> were pronounced [iː ɛː], a merger which had already begun around 100 BCE, while in the Secunda, they are used to represent Hebrew /eː aj/. The text of the Secunda uses various Greek diacritics : A diaeresis is used on the character iota (<ι> to <ϊ>) precisely when iota occurs after a vowel, except when <ει> indicates /iː/. This
18-540: Is completely independent of whether the segment is consonantal or vocalic in Hebrew, as the following examples attest: The diaeresis was a later addition of the 8th or 9th century to the Secunda. The use of rough and smooth breathing signs does not follow an obvious pattern; for example, compare: The use of accents in the Secunda does not correspond with stress in Masoretic Hebrew; their presence remains
24-403: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Secunda (Hexapla) There is contention as to whether the Secunda was written by Origen, a contemporary, or was a copy of a preexisting older text. Some suppose that Origen wrote the text himself, perhaps with Jewish helpers. Others suppose that the Secunda was a preexisting text, added into
30-588: The Eastern Roman Empire . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Secunda . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secunda&oldid=1220034170 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
36-589: The Hexapla as an aid for the reader. There is evidence that Jews of the time made use of transcriptions; for instance a passage in the Jerusalem Talmud describing how the Jews of Caesarea would misread the tetragrammaton as the graphically similar <πιπι>, suggesting the use of transcribed texts with the tetragrammaton preserved in Hebrew characters. There is also phonetic evidence for the Secunda being
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