Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Chris:

In the consonants mode, I would include only the consonants, 
as was the practice before the Masoretes. That means that 
the accents (sof pasuq, maqaf) should also be omitted.

When I read the text using Online Bible on OS 9 on the 
Macintosh, I made a font based on the Gezar Calendar that 
had maqaf render as a space, the text only version did not 
include sof and pasuq, as far as I know.

I would include them in the vowels mode, as they affect the 
vowels.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher V. Kimball" <mail AT cvkimball.com>

> 
> 
> Here's a specific issue about the Unicode/XML WLC Tanach (
> http://www.cvkimball.com/Tanach/Tanach.xml )
> on which your opinion would be valuable:
> 
> The Unicode/XML WLC Tanach has 3 "Content" modes selecting "Accents",
> "Vowels", or "Consonants".  The "Accents" mode displays everything in
> the text: accents, vowels and consonants.  The "Vowels" and "Consonants"
> choices show the expected characters PLUS the accents sof pasuq and
> maqaf to facilitate reading.
> 
> With the goal of providing a useful feature to the viewer, should these
> accents (sof pasuq, maqaf) be included  in either the "Vowels" or
> "Consonants" mode?

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