A Note on the Phonetic and Graphic Representation of Greek Vowels and of the Spiritus Asper in the Aramaic Transcription of Greek Loanwords

Abstract

This article discusses the transliteration of Greek into Semitic languages, and in particular the Semitic letter he. While Greek initial and especially internal aspiration is most often lost, the letter he, both initial and internal, frequently does not represent Greek aspiration but rather the Greek letter epsilon.