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Articles_of_he_Bishop_of_Uramiah, page : 82
stone erected upon a heap of stone blocks, there was no
edifice built around it. It is the spot upon which a sapha
rests, that is called Mispa.
Before explaining the signification of the noun sapha
I have to tax again the patience of those of my readers who
are not acquainted with the Hebrew. The Arabic language
lacks the p sound in its alphabet just as much as do the
Hebrew and other Semitic languages, in which the letter p,
like g, is sometimes soft and is pronounced like f or ph. In
English, as a rule, the Semitic and Greek words containing f
sound are transliterated and written by the insertion of "ph"
instead of "f," e.g. Seraph, Mustapha, and Philosophy. It
is in accordance with this rule that I prefer to write this word
sapha to safa.
edifice built around it. It is the spot upon which a sapha
rests, that is called Mispa.
Before explaining the signification of the noun sapha
I have to tax again the patience of those of my readers who
are not acquainted with the Hebrew. The Arabic language
lacks the p sound in its alphabet just as much as do the
Hebrew and other Semitic languages, in which the letter p,
like g, is sometimes soft and is pronounced like f or ph. In
English, as a rule, the Semitic and Greek words containing f
sound are transliterated and written by the insertion of "ph"
instead of "f," e.g. Seraph, Mustapha, and Philosophy. It
is in accordance with this rule that I prefer to write this word
sapha to safa.