Biblical Hebrew Forum

["AL Cantley" <acantley AT meer.net>]

Ken (or others),

I am just learning Hebrew and need some help; regarding transliteration schemes:

1) Where can I find the b-Hebrew scheme referred to below;

2) What are the most popular schemes;

3) Do any of these correspond to the "translation / correspondence" scheme that Microsoft uses when changing an English font (e.g. Arial) to a Hebrew font?

Thanks.

Blessings,

Al Cantley

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Ken Penner [mailto:pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca]

Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:09 PM

To: Biblical Hebrew

Subject: [b-hebrew] RE: joash transcription [b-hebrew TRANSLITERATION Scheme?]

 

I compared the two transcriptions Jim mentioned, and I'm puzzled by parts of Jack's translation. Is anyone else willing to hazard a translation? In B-Hebrew transliteration (and * marks a word boundary), the inscription appears to read,

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