Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ted Walther <ted AT reactor-core.org>]

Steve, thank you for your summary of the current state of
transliteration in B-Hebrew.

I wrote up the rationale and reason for using neo-paleo transliteration.
The reasons are compelling for me, so I use it in my work.  You can read
it here:

    http://reactor-core.org/neopaleo.html

I am willing to make sword modules available in neo-paleo if anyone is
interested.

Ted

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 05:20:48PM -0500, Steve Miller wrote:
> All B-Hebrewers,
>
> I've been thinking for a long time that the transliteration guideline should
> be changed to something more intuitive. The one that is posted on the web,
> http://www.ibiblio.org/bhebrew/,  is unnecessarily complex & un-human, and
> that is a shame because the Hebrew consonants mostly map intuitively to
> English.
>
> I like Lloyd's scheme better than the one that is there, but I hope we have
> a transliteration scheme that maps unambiguously to the Hebrew letters, at
> least the consonants. i.e. Lloyd uses "s" to represent both samek and sin.
>
> I propose, use UPPERCASE letters to represent the Hebrew consonants, and use
> lower case for vowels or for the 2nd letter to represent a consonant blend.
>
> Here is a copy of the current guideline with my proposed changes:
>
> Transcription Guidelines
> Officially, the B-Hebrew forum transcribes Hebrew in our posts using the
> Michigan-Claremont-Westminster scheme(MCW) as shown below. In practice,
> however, the adherence of the list members to the MCW is rather relaxed, so
> we also assume that members have Hebrew Bibles handy for reference. When an
> alphabetic sequence is particularly critical to a discussion, members may
> want to write out the sequence in words, e.g., "The Hebrew spelling of
> _Adam_ is aleph-qamets-dalet-qamets-mem."
>
> Consonants   
> Aleph  ) or ' - One of these choices is bad enough. Why give 2?. Propose A
> Beth  B  
> Gimel  G  
> Daleth  D  
> Heh  H  
> Waw  W    - Propose use W for the consonant, use O for the full holem and
> use U for the shuruk
> Zayin  Z      
> Cheth  X      - Propose Ch
> Teth  +       - Propose Th
> Yod  Y        
> Kaph  K  
> Lamedh  L  
> Mem  M  
> Nun  N  
> Samek  S      - Sin seems to be the more common letter, so I think Samek
> should suffer the un-intuitiveness. Propose $
> Pe  P  
> Ayin  ( or `  - Propose Ay
> Tsade  C      - Propose Ts
> Qoph  Q  
> Resh  R  
> Sin  &        - Propose S
> Shin  $       - Propose Sh
> Tav  T  
>    
> Vowels   
> Patah  A      - Propose a
> Qamets  F     - propose +
> Segol  E      - propose e
> Tsere  "      - propose ay
> Hireq  I      - propose i
> Holem  O      - propose o for holem without the waw
> Qamets Chatuf F - propose +
> Qibbuts  U      - propose u
> Shureq  W       - propose U
> Shewa  :  
> Hatef Patah  :A - propose :a
> Hatef Segol  :E - propose :e
> Hatef Qamets  :F - propose :+
>    
> Miscellaneous   
> Ketiv  *  
> Qere  **  
> Dagesh  .  
> Meqqeph  -  
>
>
>
> Yours in Christ,
> -Steve Miller
> www.voiceInWilderness.info
> And I saw: and behold, a black horse, and he that sat upon it having a
> balance in his hand.  And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living
> creatures saying, A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of
> barley for a day's wages: and do not injure the oil and the wine. (Rev
> 6:5b-6)
> The chariot in which are the black horses goes forth into the land of the
> north. (Zech 6:6a) 
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> > bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of LM Barre
> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:07 PM
> > To: b-Hebrew
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] Proposed transliteration scheme for computer
> >
> > Consonants:
> >
> > Aleph - a
> > Beth - b
> > Gimel - g
> > Daleth - d
> > Heh - h
> > Waw - w
> > Zayin - z
> > Heth - h
> > Teth - t
> > Yod?- y
> > Kaph?- k
> > Lamed - l
> > Mem - m
> > Nun - n
> > Samek - s
> > Ayin - a
> > Peh - p
> > tsade - ts
> > Qoph - q
> > Resh - r
> > Sin - s
> > Shin - sh
> > Tav - t
> >
> > Vowels (not really needed for forum purposes)
> >
> > qamets he - a
> > Holem waw - o
> > qamets- a
> > pathaq - a
> > shewa - e
> >
> > sere yod - e
> > hiriq yod - i
> > sere - e
> > segol - e
> >
> > suriq - u
> > qibbus - u
> > holem - o
> >
> > Lloyd Barr?
> > the unknown god
> > http://freewebs.com/lmbarre
> >
> >
> >
> >
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