Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Hi Benj,

 

The B-Hebrew list does not have a mandatory transliteration scheme, and
different people use different systems as they see fit. This is fine with
the moderators, as long as we all understand each other. However, the most
precise system for transcribing the consonantal text is one by which every
Hebrew letter has one single equivalent sign, in characters that we know
that every email program will recognize:

 

) aleph

 b 

g 

d 

h 

w 

z 

x   het

+   tet

y

k

l

m

n

s

(    'ayin

p

c   sade

q

r

$  shin

&  sin

t

 

 

I hope that clarifies it.

 

Yigal  Levin

 

 

 

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From: benjamingiffone AT gmail.com [mailto:benjamingiffone AT gmail.com] On Behalf
Of Benjamin Giffone
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 7:26 PM
To: Yigal Levin
Subject: [b-hebrew] Hebrew characters

 

Yigal,

 

I've been having trouble understanding the characters people use when they
translate or transliterate Hebrew words.  I view my messages in Gmail's
browser; I usually see the unicode Hebrew just fine (טוב מאד), but I can't
figure out when people mean when they use symbols such as $ and X for
letters.  Is there a standard for transliteration on this list that I'm just
not picking up (I'm relatively new), or are people just assuming that their
Hebrew fonts work for everyone?  Any advice you could provide would help me
in understanding the discussions.

 

Shalom,

 

Benj
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