Just a guess, but Mr. Rabin of the Nation of Israel had the first name that was probably or would probably be translated/transliterated Isaac. The news media all seemed to pronounce it Yit-shakh. --- Bob Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > What would be the Hebrew pronunciation, > phonetically? > > >>> Phil Lord <[log in to unmask]> 06/01 2:55 PM > >>> > This may be a little bit off the core subject area, > but I have a reference in a journal from the 1790s > to a place called "Ysayos Tavern", which made no > sense to me. > > I have a reference in the same general geography to > a man "Isaac" who had a tavern. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com