Helpful Bible Pronunciation Guides
Helpful Bible Pronunciation Guides for Honest People
Okay, be honest.
Do you have trouble pronouncing some of the names and geographical locations in the Bible?
You can tell me, it will be our little secret. 🙂
My friends, I have been in your shoes.
Take it from this once “star speller” in the seventh grade, some Bible names and locations are hard to say and difficult to spell.
But, because I love the Bible so much and because it is His Story, it’s important to get help when needed.
Say What You Mean to Say
Let’s take the Book of Isaiah for example. In chapter 8, we read about a very real person named Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
That’s 18 letters!!!
What were his parent’s thinking, right?
Maher-shalal-hash-baz was one of Isaiah’s sons, and the Lord Himself prescribed the name.
When the Lord says do it, you do it.
As little Maher-shalal-hash-baz was born, his name had great significance concerning the coming Assyrian invasion.
God always knows best.
Let’s take a look at another one.
Take the name “Sennacherib.”
Important person, right?
He was the boastful and godless Assyrian king who sought to invade Judah.
The Lord had other plans and Sennacherib failed.
Every time I came across his name in my Bible reading, I pronounced it differently.
I needed some help, obviously.
My Four Picks: Helpful Bible Pronunciation Guides
Here are a few resources for Bible name pronunciations that you may not have heard about.
Here are my go-to’s:
Now granted, these resources may not have absolutely every single name and every single geographical location in the Bible, but they have many.
If the first resource doesn’t have the name that you’re looking for, try the second resource and so on.
If you visit each website you will see the little audio icon that corresponds to the Bible verse containing the difficult name you’re potentially having trouble with. 
I hope these resources are helpful to you.
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