Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Sorry, but you can not subvert the biblical text and call it a  
convention.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 19, 2010, at 9:00 PM, dwashbur AT nyx.net wrote:

> 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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