Lectionary Pronunciation Guide – Year C
Lectionary Pronunciation Guide – Year C (page 1)
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Abana uh-bah-nuh
Abednego uh-bed-nee-goh
Abel-meholah ay-buhl - muh-hoe-luh
Abilene ab-uh-lee-nee
Abinadab uh-bin-uh-dab
Abishai uh-bee-shī
Abram ayb-rum
Ananias an-uh-nī-uhs
Annas an-uhs
Apphia af-ee-uh
Aram air-um
Aramean air-uh-mee-en
Archippus ahr-kip-uhs
Arimathea air-ih-muh-thee-uh
Baal bay-uhl
Babel bay-buhl
Baca bay-kuh
Barabbas buh-rab-uhs
Barak bay-rak
Bashan bay-shun
Bethphage beth-fuh-jee
Bethsaida beth-say-ih-duh
Beth-zatha beth-zay-thuh
bitumen bī-too-muhn
Caiaphas kay-uh-fuhs
Cana kay-nuh
Capernaum kuh-per-nay-uhm or nee-uhm
Cappadocia kap-uh-doh-shee-uh
Cephas see-fuhs
Chaldeans kal-dee-uhnz
Cilicia sih-lish-ee-uh
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Clopas kloh-puhs
Colossae kuh-lahs-ay
Cyrene sī-ree-nee
denarii dih-nah-rih-ee
Deuteronomy doo-ter-ahn-uh-mee
Ecclesiastes ek-klee-zee-ass-teez
Eliezer el-ee-ay-zuhr
Elisha ee-lī-shuh
Elkanah el-kay-nuh
Emmaus eh-may-uhs
ensign en-sīn (not en-sin)
Epaphras ep-uh-fras
Ephah ee-fah
ephah ee-fah
ephod ee-fahd
Ephraim ee-free-uhm
Ephrathah ef-ruh-thuh
Euphrates yoo-fray-teez
Gabbatha gab-uh-thuh
Galilee gal-ih-lee (not gal-ih-lee)
Gennesaret geh-nezz-uh-ret (hard g, as in “go”)
Gerasene gair-uh-seen
Gilgal gil-gal
Habakkuk huh-bak-kuhk
Hazael haz-ah-ehl
homage ah-mij
hyssop hiss-up
impiety im-pī-eh-tee
Iscariot iss-kair-ee-uht
Ituraea iht-yoo-ree-uh
Jabbok jab-buhk
Jehu jay-hoo
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Lectionary Pronunciation Guide – Year C - 2009/2010 (page 2) |
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Kadesh kay-desh
Kidron kid-ruhn
Leviathan leh-vī-uh-thehn
Lysanias lih-say-nee-uhs
Macedonia mass-uh-doe-nee-uh
Magdalene mag-duh-leen or mag-duh-len
magi may-jī
Mahlon mah-luhn
Malachi mal-uh-kī
Malchus mal-kuhs
Mamre mam-ree
Manasseh muh-nass-uh
Meshach mee-shak
Midian mid-ee-uhn
Nain nay-ihn
Naaman nay-uh-muhn
Neapolis nee-ap-uh-lis
Negeb nay-geb (hard g)
Nimshi nim-shee
Nineveh nin-uh-vuh
Onesimus oh-nez-ih-muhs
Peniel pen-ee-ehl
Penuel pen-yoo-ehl
Pharpar fahr-pahr
Philemon fī-lee-muhn
Philippi fill-uh-pī
prophesy prah-feh-sī (prophecy prah-feh-see)
Phrygia frij-ee-uh
Quirinius kwih-rin-ee-uhs
Sadducees sad-yoo-seez
Samothrace sam-oh-thrays
Scythians sith-ee-uhnz
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Seba see-buh
Shadrach shad-rak
Sheol shay-ole
Shinar shī-nahr
Sidon sī-duhn
Silvanus sil-vay-nuhs
Sirion seer-ee-uhn
terebinth tair-uh-binth
Theophilus thee-ah-fih-luhs
Thyatira thī-uh-tī-ruh
Tiberias tī-beer-ee-uhs
Trachonitis trak-uh-nī-tuhs
Troas troe-uhs
Ur er
Uzziah uh-zī-uh
Zacchaeus zak-kee-uhs
Zarephath zair-uh-fath
(Sources: Harper's Bible Dictionary, Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible)
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