Modern pronunciation of Old Testament names

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Jeff Spector at MormonMatters notes:

One thing that has always intrigued me about the English version of the Old Testament were how the names, the Hebrew names, were modified away from a Hebrew pronunciation.  Sometimes the names are close and sometimes not even. The key to pronouncing a Hebrew name or any Hebrew word is that he accent is always syllable .

In some cases, a Greek/Latin pronunciation is used, in others, Middle English.

He has included a table including Old Testament name,  language where today's pronunciation comes from & the Hebrew transliteration.

 Check it out here.