Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

I'm not sure what "velarized" means, but practically no speakers of Hebrew 
(including non-speakers who read Hebrew in prayer or study) actually 
pronounce Tet differently than Tav. For most, they are like J and hard (or 
is it soft?) G in English - pronounced the same, but any educated person 
does not confuse them in spelling.

Yigal Levin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Riley" <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
To: "B Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Proposed transliteration scheme for computer


> Probably showing way more ignorance than is good for me, but how 
> widespread
> is this confusion of tet and taw?  Is tet no longer pronounced as a
> velarised /t/?
>
> Kevin Riley
>
> -------Original Message------- 
>
> From: Yigal Levin
> Date: 1/02/2009 5:34:21 PM
>
> I agree. The present system has one Latin letter or sign for each Hebrew
> Letter. The fact that most of us pronounce Tav and Tet the same does not
> Make them the same letter. Representing the vowels is more difficult, but
> Usually less important to our discussions.
> But as George has already stated, what's important is that we make 
> ourselves
>
> Understood.
>
> Yigal
>
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