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Help[Facts] Tzipora/Zipporah
I was wondering what the correct pronunciation of the name Tzipora was. I have heard people pronounce it Zip-pour-ah, but have recently been told that is incorrect and the correct way to pronounce it would be Suh-four-uh. Any help would be great.
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In German, a Z is pronounced TS. So that narrows the field ... though it probably doesn't apply to Yiddish, where I think a Z does what it does in English. And I can't see how p can morph into f; ph, yes. I'm also used to the Zip-pour-ah version, and I've heard some Tsip-pour-ahs, but the world's a big place!
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In Hebrew, tzee-POH-rah (OH without a W sound).
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