Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>]

So, you've got
tet = th
thaw (that is, tav without dagesh) = th

How can ת be represented in its soft form the same as ט? I just don't
get the fact that two different people have suggested this, as if
there were a SOFT nature to tet, which is actually an emphatic
consonant, corresponding to the Arabic ط rather than the aspirated ث
(corresponding to ת) or the non-aspirated ت (corresponding to תּ). How
can emphatic ט be represented in transcription as aspirated th?

Additionally, all of these suggestions for using h in the soft
consonant forms would really just lend to the confusion of actual heh
ה within words. How do we present הבהיר in these consonants? "hbhhyr"
- What a mess! It's so much clearer to see HBHYR as
heh-bet-heh-yod-resh.

Again, I'm all for keeping the "standard" as it is. It's just clearer.

Jason Hare

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Yohanan bin-Dawidh
<yohanan.bin.dawidh AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Shalom l'kulam;
>
> I am not sure of what my opinion is worth, but here are my thoughts:
>
> 'alef = '
> beyt (veyt w/ dagesh kal) = b
> veyt = bh / v
> gimel = g
> ghimel (gimel w/ dagesh) kal = gh
> dalet = d
> daleth (dalet w/ dagesh kal) = dh
> he' = h
> waw = w
> zayin = z
> khet = *h*et
> tet = tˤ / th
> yod = y
> khaf (kaf w/ dagesh kal) = kh
> kaf = k
> lamed = l
> mem = m
> nun = n
> samekh = s
> `ayin = `
> fe = f
> pe (fe w/ dagesh kal) = p / ph
> tsadi = ts / *s*
> qof = q
> reysh = r
> sin = s
> shin = sh
> taw = t
> thaw (taw w/ dagesh kal) = th
>
> Vowels are a different matter altogether, being that one woud first have to
> decided on which dialectual system we are using, whether it be Tiberian, or
> something else, or if we want to debate out what we think we should use, and
> establish our own understanding of what vowels sounds are being referenced.
>
> Yo*h*anan bin-Dawidh
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