Those who can read Greek, or at least know the alphabet, will notice that the Greek term (Harmagedōn) would be transliterated into English characters as h-a-r-m-a-g-e-d-o-n. If you don’t know Greek, you’ll wonder right away where the initial “h” in the transliteration comes from. The “h” at the beginning of the term corresponds to the superscripted apostrophe before the capital “A” in the Greek letters—what is known as a rough breathing mark in Greek. The Greek language had no letter “h” and so instead used this mark to convey that sound.
