Pronunciation Help for the Book:
Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?
(Arranged by Chapters)
Last Modified: 8 July 2003
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WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION Auschwitz 7 OWSH-vits' Einstein 6 IN-stin, Ger. IN-shtin' Freud, (Sigmund) 8 froid, Ger. froit Gauguin 5 goh-GAN, goh-GAN [not goh-GAHN] Gautama (Budda) 7 GAW-tuh-muh, GOU-tuh-muh Hume (David) 8 HYOOM, also YOOM Nietzsche, Friedrich 8 NEE-chuh, NEE-chee, FREE-drikh Polynesia 5 pah-luh-NEE-zhuh Shinto 8 SHIN-toh'
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION actinide 27 AK-tuh-nid' Andromeda 10 an-DRAH-muh-duh antimony 26 AN-tuh-moh'nee arsenic 26 AHRS-nik, AHRS-suhn-ik astrophysicist 25 as'truh-FI-zuh-sist, as'truh-FIZ-sist bismuth 26 BIZ-muhth Bohr 26 BOHR, BAWR Breuer, Reinhard 18 BROY-uhr, RIN-hahrt chaotic 25 kay-AH-tik cosmology 16 kahz-MAH-luh-jee electromagnetic 17 ih-lek'troh-mag-NEH-tik elliptic 23 ih-LIP-tik entropy 25 EN-truh-pee glaciation 23 glay'shee-AY-shuhn, glay'see- helium 20 HEE-lee-uhm, HEEL-yuhm hydrogen 20 HI-druh-juhn, HI-duhr-juhn intractable 16 in(')-TRAK-tuh-buhl Kesil 10 Ke'sil KEE-sil* Kimah 10 Ki'mah KI-muh* krypton 26 KRIP-tahn lanthanide 27 LAN(T)-thuh-nid' Lovell, (Sir Bernard) 13 LUH-vuhl Mazzaroth 12 Maz'za·roth MAZ-uh-ruth*, -roth Mendeleyev 26 men'duh-LAY-uhf Milne, (E.A.) 16 MILN neutron 17 NOO-trahn, NYOO- nuclear 17 NOO-klee-uhr, NYOO-, also N(Y)OO-kyuh-luhr nucleus 17 NOO-klee-uhs, NYOO- periodic 26 pir'ee-AH-dik perturb(s) [box] 24 puhr-TUHRB photosynthesis 18 FOH-toh'SIN(T)-thuh-suhs proportionally [compare proportionately] 18 pruh-POHR-shnuh-lee, -shuh-nuhl-ee proportionately [compare proportionally] 18 pruh-POHR-sh(uh-)nuht-lee proton 17 PROH-tahn radon 26 RAY-dahn' Ramsay 26 RAM-zee singularity 13 sin'gyuh-LAR-uh-tee supernova 21 soo'puhr-NOH-vuh systemization 26 sis'tuh-muh-ZAY-shuhn thermonuclear 17 thuhr'moh-NOO-klee-uhr,-NYOO-, also -N(Y)OO-kyuh-luhr xenon 26 ZEE-nahn, ZEH- zoology [box] 22 zoh-AH-luh-jee, zuh-WAH-luh-jee [not zoo-]
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION abiotic 40 ay'bi(')-AH-tik adenine 45 A-duhn-een' amino 33 uh-MEE-noh(') amoeba 38 uh-MEE-buh bacterium 35 bak-TIR-ee-uhm Bernal, (J.D.) 42 possibly? ber-NAHL biophysicist 30 bi'oh-FI-zuh-sist, bi'oh-FIZ-sist biotic 40 bi-AH-tik catalyst 45 KA-tuhl-uhst chromosome 42 KROH-muh-sohm', -zohm' [not KROH-muh-sohn', -zohn'] cytosine 45 SI-tuh-seen' dendrology 43 den-DRAH-luh-jee deoxyribonucleic (acid) 45 dee(')-AHK-sih-ri(')-boh-n(y)u-klee(')-ik, -klay(')- dialect 46 DI-uh-lekt' Duve, (Christian de) 30 DOO-vuh espoused 48 is-POUZD, is-POUSD Frankenstein 35 FRANG-kuhn-stin', also -steen' geneticist 43 juh-NEH-tuh-sist guanine 45 GWAH-neen helix 45 HEE-liks Hoyle, (Sir Fred) 41 HOI(uh)L impasse 48 IM-pas', im-PAS laureate 30 LAIR-ee-uht, LOR-, LAHR- Mainz 40 MINTS [rhymes with pints] methane 33 MEH-thayn, Brit. usually MEE-thayn mitochondrion 42 mi-tuh-KAHN-dree-uhn [not -KRAHN-dee-uhn] Mono, Jacques (L.) 30 ma-noh, zhahk Nobel (laureate) 30 noh-BEL, NOH-bel' nucleic (acid) 28 nu-KLEE-ik, nu-KLAY-ik, nyu- nucleotide 34 NOO-klee-uh-tid', NYOO- nucleolus 42 noo-KLEE-uh-luhs, nyoo- nucleus 42 NOO-klee-uhs, NYOO-klee-uhs Oparin, (Alexander I.) 32 ah-PAH-reen panorama 28 pan'uh-RAM-uh, pan'uh-RAH-muh Pasteur, Louis 32 LOO-ee pas-TUHR [not pas-TYOOR]; Fr. lwee pah-STÖR [Ö as in Fr. feu or Ger. schön] prebiotic 33 pree'bi-AH-tik primeval 30 pri-MEE-vuhl processes 28 PRAH-se'suhz, PRAH-suh-seez' pundit 35 PUHN-duht quasi (-religious) 30 KWAY-zi', KWAY-si'; KWAH-zee, KWAH-see Redi, Francesco 31 frahn-CHAYS-koh RAY-dee, RE-dee ribonucleic (acid) 46 ri-boh-nu-KLEE-ik, -nyu-, -klay' ribosome 42 RI-buh-sohm' [not -sohn'] Sahara 28 suh-HAR-uh, suh-HAHR-uh speculative 48 SPE-kyuh-luh-tiv, -lay' spontaneous 42 spahn-TAY-nee-uhs synthesis 40 SIN(T)-thuh-suhs synthesize 39 SIN(T)-thuh-siz' thymine 45 THI-meen' Urey, (Harold) 34 YUR-ee
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION Areopagus 71 Ar·e·op'a·gus air'ee-OP-uh-guhs* Balaam 60 Ba'laam BAY-luhm* Broca 59 BROH-kah Broca's (area) 56 BROH-kuhz causality 66 kaw-ZAL-uh-tee chimpanzee(s) 59 chim(')-pan'ZEE, -puhn-ZEE, -PAN-zee
sometimes shim(')-cerebral 54 suh-REE-bruhl, SER-uh-bruhl [not suh-REE-bree-uhl] Chalmers, (David) 65 CHAL-muhrz, CHAH-muhrz Chomsky, (Avram) Noam 61 CHAHM(P)-skee, NOHM dexterous 55 DEK-st(uh-)ruhs dilemma 65 duh-LE-muh, also di- Dirac, (Paul Adrien Maurice) 72 dih-RAK Eccles, (Sir John) 59 EH-kuhlz
(rhymes with freckles)electrochemical 63 ih-lek'troh-KEH-muh-kuhl Krauss, (Lawrence) 62 krous linguistics 61 ling-GWIS-tiks Massachusetts 53 ma'suh-CHOO-suhts, -zuhts Naaman 60 Na'a·man NAY-uh-muhn* (not NAY-muhn) neural 51 NUR-uhl, NYUR-uhl neurophysiologist 59 nur'oh-fih'zee-AH-luh-jist neuroscientist 53 nur'oh-SI-uhn-tist physiology 56 fih'zee-AH-luh-jee Pulitzer (prize) 52 PUH-luht-suhr, PYOO-
(Pullet Surprise :-)symmetry 66 SIH-muh-tree synapse 50 SIH-naps', suh-NAPS syntax 59 SIN-taks transcendence 66 tran(t)-SEN-dan(t)s Wernicke's (area) 56 VAIR-nih-kuhz, -keez
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION bespeak 83 bih-SPEEK Buddhism 74 BOO-dih'zuhm, BU- Epicurean(s) 74 eh'pi-kyur-REE-uhn, -KYUR-ee- Epicurus 74 eh'pi-KYUR-uhs Fukui, (Kenichi) 73 FU-ku-ee, fu-KU-ee Huxley, (Thomas H.) 75 HUHKS-lee idiosyncrasy 73 ih'dee-uh-SING-kruh-see immunological 82 ih'myuh-nuh-LAH-ji-kuhl kimchi (also, kimchee) 81 KIM-chee legume(s) 80 LEH-gyoom', lih-GYOOM macrophage 82 MA-kruh-fayj' Nakajima, (Hiroshi) 83 possibly? nah(')-kuh-JEE-muh Nobel laureate 73 noh-BEL, NOH-bel' LAIR-ee-uht, LOR-, LAHR- postulate 79 (verb) PAHS-chuh-layt' primordial 79 pri-MAWR-dee-uhl São Paulo 83 saun-PAU-loo('), -loh(') sauerkraut 81 SAU(-uh)R-kraut' Schweitzer, (Albert) 83 SHWIT-suhr, SHVIT- Shintoist(s) 74 SHIN-toh(')-ist spontaneous 74 spahn-TAY-nee-uhs Stoic(s) 74 STOH-ik
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION algae 92 AL-jee(') anthropologist(s) 95 an(t)'thruh-PAH-luh-jist chloroplast(s) 96 KLOHR-uh-plast', KLAWR- Hiroshima 88 hir'uh-SHEE-muh, heer'oh-SHEE-muh , huh-ROH-shuh-muh, hih-ROH-, Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent 88 luhv-WAH-zee-ay', ahn-TWAHN law-rahn;
lah-vwahz-YAY, ahn-TWAHN loh-RAHN:
la-vwa-ZYAY, ahn-TWAN loh-rahnmitochondrial 98 mi'tuh-KAHN-dree-uhl, [not mit-uh-KRAHN-dee-uhl] oceanographer 95 oh'shuh-NAH-gruh-fuhr pastoral 101 PAS-t(uh-)ruhl Rig-Veda 85 VAY-duh, VEE-duh Sanskrit 85 SAN-skrit', SAN(T)-skruht
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION alkali 106 AL-kuh-li' Amoz 104 A'moz AY-moz* Arimathea 109 Ar·i·ma·the'a air'uh-muh-THEE-uh* Candace 109 Can·da'ce kan-DAY-see* Cassius, Dio 107 KA-sh(ee-)uhs, KASH-uhs, di-oh Chaldean 106 Chal·de'ans kal-DEE-uhn* [not chal-] chrysolite 117 chrys'o·lite KRIS-uh-lit*, KRIH-suh-lit' finale 112 finale fuh-NAL-ee, fi-NAH-lee Gaza 109 Ga'za bib. GAY-zuh*, modern GAH-zuh, GA-zuh ha·wah' 113 ha·wah' anc. Heb. hah-WAH, mod. Heb. hah-VAH Jehovah 113 Jehovah jih-HOH-vuh*, [not jee-HOH-ver] Lachish 115 La'chish LAY-kish* onyx 117 onyx AH-niks, ON-iks Parthian 106 Par'thi·ans PAHR-thee-uhn(z)* Uzziah 104 Uz·zi'ah uh-ZI-uh* [not yoo-ZI-uh] zoologist 116 zoh-AH-luh-jist, zuh-WAH-, [not zoo-]
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION Abishalom 140 A·bish'a·lom uh-BISH-ah-lahm*, -uh-luhm Adaiah 140 A·dai'ah ay-DI-uh, uh-DI-ah* annihilate 136 annihilate uh-NI-uh-layt' anthropologist 121 an(t)'thruh-PAH-luh-jist Ashtoreth 133 Ash'to·reth ASH-tuh-reth*, -reth' Baal 133 Ba'al BAY-uhl* Baal-zephon 125 Ba'al-ze'phon bay'uhl-ZEE-fon* Bathsheba or Bath-sheba 137 Bath-she'ba bath-SHEE-buh* Beer-sheba 123 Be'er-she'ba bee'uhr-SHEE-buh*, bir-SHEE-buh, ber-, buhr- Bozkath 140 Boz'kath BOZ-kath, BOHZ-kath* Canaan 131 Ca'naan KAY-nuhn* cyclopedia, cyclopaedia 140 si'kluh-PEE-dee-uh diamagnetic 126 di'uh-mag-NEH-tik Ephraim 140 E'phra·im EE-fray-im*, -free-uhm, -fruhm [not EF-ray-im] expository 140 ik-SPAH-zuh-tohr'ee, -tawr' Habakkuk 141 Ha·bak'kuk huh-BAK-uhk* [not huh-BAK-uh] Hosea 139 Ho·se'a hoh-SEE-uh* [w62 12/15 767], hoh-ZEE-uh [not hoh-ZAY-uh] Japheth 121 Ja'pheth JAY-feth*, -fith, -fuhth [not JAY-pith] Jedidah 140 Je·di'dah juh-DI-duh*, jih- Jehoshaphat 140 Je·hosh'a·phat juh-HOSH-uh-fat*, jee-, jih [not juh-HOS-uh-fat, not jee-HOH-shuh-fat] Maacah 140 Ma'a·cah MAY-uh-kah*, -kuh Maaseiah 141 Ma·a·sei'ah mah-uh-SI-uh*, may'uh-SEE-yah Manasseh 140 Ma·nas'seh ma-NAS-uh*, muh-, also -ee Migdol 125 Mig'dol MIG-dol* mythology, -ies 121 mih-THAH-luh-jee, -jees Nephilim 121 Neph'i·lim NEF-ih-lim*, -uh- Ophel 141 O'phel OH-fel* peninsula 123 puh-NIN(T)-s(uh)-luh, -shuh-luh Pharaoh 123 Phar'aoh FAIR-oh*, FAR-oh, FER-oh(') [also FAY-roh(')] phenomenon 125 fih-NAH-muh-nahn', -nuhn Philistine 138 Phi·lis'tine fih-LIS-teen'*, -tin, -tuhn Pihahiroth 125 Pi·ha·hi'roth pi'huh-HI-roth*, -ruhth Ramah 134 Ra'mah RAY-mah*, -muh [not RAH-muh] Rehoboam 139 Re·ho·bo'am reh'huh-BOH-uhm*, ree'huh- [not ree'uh-, not ray'oh-] Rephidim 120 Reph'i·dim REF-ih-dim* Selah 137 Se'lah SEE-luh*, -lah Sinai 120 Si'nai SI-ni(')* (also -nee-i') Tiphsah 138 Tiph'sah TIF-suh*
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION ‘am-ha·’a'rets 150 ‘am-ha·’a'rets [Ezekiel 7:27 ftn.] ahm'hah-AHR-ets*, ahm-hah-EH-retz Festus 144 Festus FES-tuhs* finale 162 finale fuh-NA-lee, fih-NAH-lee Gandhi, Mohandas 152 GAHN-dee, GAN-, moh'huhn-DAHS Josephus 144 joh-SEE-fuhs Koran 145 kuh-RAN, kuh-RAHN; KOHR-an', KAWR-an' Lazarus 158 Laz'a·rus LAZ-uh-ruhs*, LAZ-ruhs Montagu, (Ashley) 152 MAHN-tuh-gyoo' Nazareth 144 Naz'a·reth NAZ-uh-ruhth [not NAZ-uh-ruhs] Palestine 144 PAL-uh-stin(') Sorbonne 150 sawr-BON, sawr-BUN Theudas 144 Theu'das THYOO-duhs*, THOO-
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION Chaldeans 172 Chal·de'ans kal-DEE-uhnz* Eliphaz 172 El'i·phaz EL-uh-faz(')*, EL-ih-faz infectious 165 in-FEK-shuhs Karma 166 KAHR-muh catechism 168 KAT-uh-kiz'uhm Habakkuk 176 Ha·bak'kuk huh-BAK-uhk* [not huh-BAK-uh] hemophilia 170 hee'muh-FIL-ee-uh, -FEEL-yuh neuronal 182 NUR-uh-nuhl, NYUR-, nu-ROH-nuhl, nyu- Suzuki, Daisetz T(eitaro) 167 soo-ZOO-kee, DI-sets tay-TAH-roh thalassemia 176 thal'uh-SEE-mee-uh Toynbee, (Arnold) 178 TOIN-bee
WORD PAGE NW TRANSLATION PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION Elihu 186 E·li'hu ih-LI-hoo*, -hyoo Nehemiah 187 Ne·he·mi'ah nee'uh-MI-uh*, nee'huh-, nee'hih- Weinberg, (Steven) 185 WIN-buhrg
LETTER SOUND LETTER SOUND LETTER SOUND a at, cat, mat, snap ihr ear, fear p pat, peer ah father, bother j join, jeer r rain, run ahr lard, yard k kick, cat, pique s less, so ai air, care, fair, prayer, there kh ch in Ger. ich, Buch sh sure, shy, machine aw jaw, saw, all, caught ks vex t late, tie, toe ay [long "a"] day, pay, obey, weigh kw quill th thin, thistle, ether, bath b bug, cab l love, lily th, or th then, this, father, either, bathe ch chew, chin, rich m mat, murmur ts tsetse d did, do n no, not, own tw tweak, twin e, eh bed, pet, peck ng finger, sing, ink u book, foot, put, pull, wood ee [long "e"] beat, easy, seem, Eve o cot, hot, not uh [schwa] ago, alone, banana, linen er error, ere oh [long "o"] bone, go, know, toe uhr bird, further, her f cuff, fifty, fun oi boy, destroy v vivid, vow, eve g big, gift, good oo boot, rule, youth, w away, weather h ahead, hat, hot oor poor, ore, Moor y yard, young hw when, whether, which or for, glory z raise, ease, zone, zipper i [long "i"] tie, sky, side, buy, eye
ou how, loud, now, out zh vision, azure, pleasure, rouge i, ih it, tip, active xuh raised letters, barely pronounced xn raised n, pronounced with nasal passages open
GUIDELINES FOR PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION IN THE KEY:
- The syllable with the heaviest stress is CAPITALIZED. Example: Jehovah = jih-HOH-vuh
- The syllable with the second heaviest stress is followed by an accent [ ' ] mark. Example: Areopagus = air'ee-OP-uh-guhs
- Optionally pronounced letters, syllables, or secondary accents are enclosed within ( parentheses ). Example: specie = SPEE-s(h)ee = either SPEE-shee or SPEE-see
GUIDELINES FOR PRONUNCIATION IN THE NW TRANSLATION:
- The accent mark follows the syllable on which major emphasis should be put in pronouncing the word.
- If the accented syllable ends in a vowel, the vowel is long in its pronunciation.
- If a syllable ends in a consonant, the vowel in that syllable is short in its pronunciation.
- When the two vowels a and ie are combined, as in Mor'de·cai and Si'nai, the ai is pronounced as a long i.
- The ch combination in names is pronounced hard, like k, except in Rachel, where ch is soft. Example: Chaldean = kal-DEE-uhn.
REFERENCES:
References for information about pronunciation in the New World Translation:
- All Scriptures, pp. 325-6, pars. 27-28
- Our Kingdom Ministry, 3/96 2, Week Starting March 11
- The Watchtower, w71 1/15 59, subheading "Reading Proper Names"
Sources for Phonetic Pronunciation(s):
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
- The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition
- American Acedemic Encyclopedia, (phonetic)
- Harper's Bible Pronunciation Guide, (phonetic)
- INFOplease.lycos.com
All phonetic pronunciations are approximate. Some words have several "correct" or accepted pronunciations. Perhaps not all variations are included here. Consult your dictionaries or other sources for pronunciation.
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