What is the meaning behind the pronunciation of "Bible"??

Question

please help i have no idea where to find the answer. my english teacher told us to look up why Bible sounds like Bible and not ((bibble)).

Answer 1

THe tree that the paper was made from is where the word is derived most teach. However, some believe they can trace the origin passed that to BABLE, as in Babylon, multitude of languages, words, being put on paper.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary handy, or I'd make a serious go at answering this.

It wouldn't be 'bibble;' it would be 'BEEB-leh.'

I think the long 'i' sound has to do with the word being English, even though its origin is the Latin _biblio._ There is a vowel shift between Latin and English, because English is heavily influenced by Germanic pronunciation, which uses the long 'i' vowel sound.

That's my best guess, anyway.

Answer 3

Bible means a collection of books. French for Library is bibliotec and Spanish is biblioteca.

Answer 4

From Dictionary.com:

"Origin: 1300–50; Middle English bible, bibel < Old French bible < M. Latin biblia (fem. sing.) < Greek, in tà biblía tà hagía (Septuagint) the holy books; biblíon, byblíon papyrus roll, strip of papyrus, equiv. to býbl(os) papyrus (after Býblos, a Phoenician port where papyrus was prepared and exported) + -ion n. suffix]"

The reason that it's pronounced "bye-bull" is that we're English speakers, rather that Greek or Latin speakers :-)

Answer 5

Huh? Bible--I guess--means book. I mean, biblioteque means "library" or "bookstore" in French. Bible should be a latin word, right?

Seeing as how the Bible was the first real book in print, there was no other word to call it but "the book."

Answer 6

Meaning of Bible is ''BOOK".

Answer 7

The "e" at the end makes the LONG "i" sound??