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HelpRe: How do you pronounce Sapphira?
in reply to a message by stephanie85
I'm in the same boat as you. I know that way back when, when I read Eragon, I pronounced the dragon's name suh-FEAR-uh. Now, however, it seems most logical to pronounce it suh-FIRE-uh. I think I prefer the first pronunciation, though. Plus, you can always fall back on the fact that in Spanish, the "i" makes a long "e" sound. So hey, reasoning! I'm aware that the name is Greek, but since I know very little about Greek phonetics, I'm not a trusted source on how it would be properly pronounced in Greek.
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I'm pretty sure that Σαπφειρη (Sappheire), the base of the name Sapphira is pronounced SAHP-fee-ree. There is a guy pronouncing Sapphira here http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4551 in Greek, but I don't understand why he says SAHP-fee-ray. I've never heard α pronounced as ay in Greek before. The first P is definitely pronounced in Greek though. This site is also a good basic guide to Greek pronunciation: http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grkalpha.htm
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