How to pronounce Septuagint?

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Pronunciation of Septuagint

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Septuagint is pronounced as

s eh p - T OO - uh - j uh n t

s sounds like the 's' in 'so'
eh sounds like the 'e' in 'pet'
p sounds like the 'p' in 'pet'
t sounds like the 't' in 'to'
oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
j sounds like the 'j' in 'jug'
n sounds like the 'n' in 'no'


Septuagint is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ s eh p - T OO - uh - j uh n t ]

s eh p - T OO - uh - j uh n t
so pet pet   to food   up   jug up no to

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Pronunciation of Septuagint in Toms River, NJ USA

Septuagint is pronounced as

s eh p T OO ah j eh n t

s sounds like the 's' in 'so'
eh sounds like the 'e' in 'pet'
p sounds like the 'p' in 'pet'
t sounds like the 't' in 'to'
oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'
ah sounds like the 'a' in 'car'
j sounds like the 'j' in 'jug'
n sounds like the 'n' in 'no'


Septuagint is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ s eh p T OO ah j eh n t ]

s eh p T OO ah j eh n t
so pet pet to food car jug pet no to

Type of Name:

Name of the Greek translation of the Bible

Meaning:

seventy

Additional Information:

The Septuagint derives its name from Latin Interpretatio septuaginta virorum,"interpretation of the seventy men," (Greek: ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα, hē metáphrasis tōn hebdomēkonta), "translation of the seventy ".[2][11] The title refers to a legendary account in the pseudepigraphic Letter of Aristeas of how seventy-two Jewish scholars were asked by the Greek King of Egypt Ptolemy II Philadelphus in the 3rd century BCE to translate the Torah (or Pentateuch) from Biblical Hebrew into Greek for inclusion in the Library of Alexandria.[4] [from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint]


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Pronunciation of Septuagint in Toms River, NJ USA

sep TOO a jint


Type of Name:

Name of the Greek translation of the Bible

Meaning:

seventy

Additional Information:

The Septuagint derives its name from Latin Interpretatio septuaginta virorum,"interpretation of the seventy men," (Greek: ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα, hē metáphrasis tōn hebdomēkonta), "translation of the seventy ".[2][11] The title refers to a legendary account in the pseudepigraphic Letter of Aristeas of how seventy-two Jewish scholars were asked by the Greek King of Egypt Ptolemy II Philadelphus in the 3rd century BCE to translate the Torah (or Pentateuch) from Biblical Hebrew into Greek for inclusion in the Library of Alexandria.[4] [from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint]


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Pronunciation of Septuagint

SEPTAUGINT


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