the hebrew ??????? was translated in the times of the ?????? so ??”? saw it, but the original was written in greek, first it was translated to latin (some say by Josephus himself) and in the 1700’s it was translated into english as well.
as far as ????? ????? the halachah is a ? that is petrified, (ie even if it were to be soaked in water for 24 hours it would still be dry and hard) is not ???? at all