From: Christopher Kimball <transcriber AT tanach.us>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Using an unpointed text
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:05:26 -0400
An advantage to looking at unpointed text from time to time is to
appreciate its occasional ambiguity. And it's also a confidence builder
for students of Hebrew.
Children in Israel are apparently taught to write pointed text for a
while, but are eager to have the pointing requirement dropped as they
advance. As an older, but not better student, I was also glad not to
have to point my writings because pointing added another level of
spelling problems.