Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT sil.org]

This is of course different from the scheme officially recognised for 
the b-hebrew list, which is available on the b-hebrew web site and was 
posted to the list a week or so ago.

I think that the use of X for taw is likely to be very confusing.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Help
Author:  <jwest AT Highland.Net> at Internet
Date:    11/01/2000 11:46


At 08:54 PM 1/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Please send me information to transliterate Hebrew into the English alphabet 
>so I can ask what I hope is an intelligent question.
>
>John S. Waldrip

heres the scheme I use....

aleph  )
beth   b
gimel  g
daleth d
he     h
waw    w
zayin  z
heth   x
teth   t
yod    y
kaph   k
lamed  l
mem    m
nun    n
samekh s
ayin   (
pe     p
tsade  ts
qoph   q
resh   r
sin    S
shin   $
tau    X


best,

jim