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[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

A  convention in this case is the way most folks do it, and as Shoshanna has 
demonstrated, 
this one is most definitely a convention in transliteration.

On 19 Sep 2010 at 20:17, Isaac Fried wrote:

> No, it is not a convention. At most it is guess.
> 
> Isaac Fried, Boston university
> 
> On Sep 19, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:
> 
> > Come on Isaac. You know that the convention is that a Dagesh forte
> is
> > transcribed by doubling the consonant. You may not agree, but that
> > is the
> > convention.
> >
> > Yigal Levin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Isaac Fried [mailto:if AT math.bu.edu]
> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 6:58 PM
> > To: Yigal Levin
> > Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Sukkot
> >
> > Yigal,
> >
> > It is not clear to me why you choose to subvert the biblical text
> and
> > write SUKKOT with a double K, whereas the Hebrew word has only one
> K.
> > Have a happy Sukot.
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
> >
> > On Sep 19, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:
> >
> >> For those members who read modern Hebrew, follow this link
> >>
> http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/sifriyya/millathashavua/Documents/
> >> igeret3.p
> >> df to the Hebrew Language Academy's newsletter on the root SKK
> and  
> >> its
> >> derivatives. Unfortunately there is no English-language
> version.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dr. Yigal Levin
> >>
> >> The Israel and Golda Koschitzky
> >>
> >> Department of Jewish History
> >>
> >> Bar-Ilan University
> >>
> >> Ramat Gan. 52900
> >>
> >> ISRAEL
> >>
> >>  <mailto:leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Dave Washburn

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