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In the quoted passage, "Talitha" appears to be not a name but an Aramaic word meaning "little girl".

King James's Biblical translators back in the first decade of the 1600's were a pretty impressive and sharp bunch of scholars, and if they decreed it was pronounced TAL-ith-a, I'm far from qualified to deny it.

Personally, I think the word sounds best with a first-syllable emphasis in any case. But hey -- any Aramaic scholars out there among the usual suspects?

• Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Bill  Apr 18 2001, 6:31:41 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Pavlos  Apr 23 2001, 6:49:08 AM
    • Re: Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Daividh  Apr 23 2001, 7:19:55 PM
      • Re: Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Pavlos  Apr 24 2001, 2:16:59 AM
  • Re: Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Daividh  Apr 21 2001, 10:05:21 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Norah  Apr 19 2001, 1:53:36 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Nanaea  Apr 19 2001, 4:41:42 AM
  • Re: Pronunciation of 'Talitha' - Danielle  Apr 18 2001, 8:23:11 PM