[b-hebrew] Proposed transliteration scheme for computer
Ted Walther
ted at reactor-core.org
Sun Feb 1 05:57:55 EST 2009
Steve, thank you for your summary of the current state of
transliteration in B-Hebrew.
I wrote up the rationale and reason for using neo-paleo transliteration.
The reasons are compelling for me, so I use it in my work. You can read
it here:
http://reactor-core.org/neopaleo.html
I am willing to make sword modules available in neo-paleo if anyone is
interested.
Ted
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 05:20:48PM -0500, Steve Miller wrote:
>All B-Hebrewers,
>
>I've been thinking for a long time that the transliteration guideline should
>be changed to something more intuitive. The one that is posted on the web,
>http://www.ibiblio.org/bhebrew/, is unnecessarily complex & un-human, and
>that is a shame because the Hebrew consonants mostly map intuitively to
>English.
>
>I like Lloyd's scheme better than the one that is there, but I hope we have
>a transliteration scheme that maps unambiguously to the Hebrew letters, at
>least the consonants. i.e. Lloyd uses "s" to represent both samek and sin.
>
>I propose, use UPPERCASE letters to represent the Hebrew consonants, and use
>lower case for vowels or for the 2nd letter to represent a consonant blend.
>
>Here is a copy of the current guideline with my proposed changes:
>
>Transcription Guidelines
>Officially, the B-Hebrew forum transcribes Hebrew in our posts using the
>Michigan-Claremont-Westminster scheme(MCW) as shown below. In practice,
>however, the adherence of the list members to the MCW is rather relaxed, so
>we also assume that members have Hebrew Bibles handy for reference. When an
>alphabetic sequence is particularly critical to a discussion, members may
>want to write out the sequence in words, e.g., "The Hebrew spelling of
>_Adam_ is aleph-qamets-dalet-qamets-mem."
>
>Consonants
>Aleph ) or ' - One of these choices is bad enough. Why give 2?. Propose A
>Beth B
>Gimel G
>Daleth D
>Heh H
>Waw W - Propose use W for the consonant, use O for the full holem and
>use U for the shuruk
>Zayin Z
>Cheth X - Propose Ch
>Teth + - Propose Th
>Yod Y
>Kaph K
>Lamedh L
>Mem M
>Nun N
>Samek S - Sin seems to be the more common letter, so I think Samek
>should suffer the un-intuitiveness. Propose $
>Pe P
>Ayin ( or ` - Propose Ay
>Tsade C - Propose Ts
>Qoph Q
>Resh R
>Sin & - Propose S
>Shin $ - Propose Sh
>Tav T
>
>Vowels
>Patah A - Propose a
>Qamets F - propose +
>Segol E - propose e
>Tsere " - propose ay
>Hireq I - propose i
>Holem O - propose o for holem without the waw
>Qamets Chatuf F - propose +
>Qibbuts U - propose u
>Shureq W - propose U
>Shewa :
>Hatef Patah :A - propose :a
>Hatef Segol :E - propose :e
>Hatef Qamets :F - propose :+
>
>Miscellaneous
>Ketiv *
>Qere **
>Dagesh .
>Meqqeph -
>
>
>
>Yours in Christ,
>-Steve Miller
>www.voiceInWilderness.info
>And I saw: and behold, a black horse, and he that sat upon it having a
>balance in his hand. And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living
>creatures saying, A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of
>barley for a day's wages: and do not injure the oil and the wine. (Rev
>6:5b-6)
>The chariot in which are the black horses goes forth into the land of the
>north. (Zech 6:6a)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
>> bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of LM Barre
>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:07 PM
>> To: b-Hebrew
>> Subject: [b-hebrew] Proposed transliteration scheme for computer
>>
>> Consonants:
>>
>> Aleph - a
>> Beth - b
>> Gimel - g
>> Daleth - d
>> Heh - h
>> Waw - w
>> Zayin - z
>> Heth - h
>> Teth - t
>> Yod?- y
>> Kaph?- k
>> Lamed - l
>> Mem - m
>> Nun - n
>> Samek - s
>> Ayin - a
>> Peh - p
>> tsade - ts
>> Qoph - q
>> Resh - r
>> Sin - s
>> Shin - sh
>> Tav - t
>>
>> Vowels (not really needed for forum purposes)
>>
>> qamets he - a
>> Holem waw - o
>> qamets- a
>> pathaq - a
>> shewa - e
>>
>> sere yod - e
>> hiriq yod - i
>> sere - e
>> segol - e
>>
>> suriq - u
>> qibbus - u
>> holem - o
>>
>> Lloyd Barr?
>> the unknown god
>> http://freewebs.com/lmbarre
>>
>>
>>
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